Ecology Vocabulary Part 1

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Across
  1. 1. a large naturally occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat, e.g. forest or tundra.
  2. 3. a non-living part of an ecosystem that shapes its environment.
  3. 4. the regions of the surface, atmosphere, and hydrosphere of the earth (or analogous parts of other planets) occupied by living organisms.
  4. 7. a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.
  5. 9. a living organism that shapes its environment
  6. 10. a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common.
Down
  1. 2. the dependence of two or more people or things on each other.
  2. 5. all the inhabitants of a particular town, area, or country.
  3. 6. the branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings.
  4. 8. the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism.