Ecology Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 5. organism that produces its own food using light, water, co2, etc.
  2. 9. organism that eats other plants or animals for energy
  3. 10. consists of all the food chains in a single ecosystem
  4. 11. organism that feeds on meat
  5. 13. organism that breaks down dead organic material
  6. 14. non-living components that shape up the environment
  7. 17. organism that can't produce its own food
  8. 19. something having many related parts that function together as a whole.
  9. 20. an organism that harbors another organism
  10. 21. organism that eats plants and animals
  11. 22. number of people in a region
Down
  1. 1. region of the earth with all living organisms
  2. 2. animal that hunts or kills other organisms for food
  3. 3. community of living organisms that live and interact in a specific environment
  4. 4. organism that consumes mostly decaying biomass such as rotting plants or meat
  5. 6. animals that are killed and eaten by other animals
  6. 7. living components that shape up the environment
  7. 8. organism that creates its own food or energy
  8. 10. a linear sequence of organisms through which nutrients pass as one organism eats another
  9. 12. group of people with a common characteristic within a larger society
  10. 15. position of an organism in the food chain
  11. 16. study of organisms and their enviornmental interactions.
  12. 18. place where a plant/animal naturally lives
  13. 20. organism that feeds on plants
  14. 22. animal/plant that lives in or on an organism of another species