Ecosystem Vocab

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Across
  1. 2. factors any living thing that has an effect on an ecosystem
  2. 4. low salt concentration usually less than 1%
  3. 8. a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common
  4. 10. an animal that eats both plants and meat
  5. 13. made up of shrubs or short trees
  6. 16. a relationship between two species in which one obtains benefits from the other without harming or benefiting it.
  7. 17. a treeless plain especially of arctic regions
  8. 18. web a complex network of interconnecting and overlapping food chains showing feeding relationships within a community.
  9. 19. any organism that does not make its own energy
  10. 20. factors a non-living part of an ecosystem that shapes its environment
  11. 22. any organism that breaks down or eats decaying material.
  12. 24. a relationship between the two living species in which one organism is benefitted at the expense of the other
  13. 25. an animal that feeds on plants
  14. 27. an organism that creates its own food or energy
  15. 28. all the organisms of the same group or species that live in a specific area and are capable of breeding among themselves.
Down
  1. 1. the natural home or environment of a plant, animal, or other organism
  2. 3. rivalry between or among living things
  3. 5. an area of tall, mostly evergreen trees that receives a high amount of rainfall
  4. 6. forest A forest characterized by trees or plants, shedding its leaves annually
  5. 7. a community of organisms and their physical environment interacting together
  6. 9. chain a linear sequence of organisms through which nutrients and energy pass as one organism eats another
  7. 11. relating to water.
  8. 12. area in which the vegetation is dominated by a nearly continuous cover of grasses
  9. 14. a large environment generally characterized by various abiotic factors
  10. 15. the role an organism plays in a community
  11. 16. an animal that only eats meat
  12. 21. forest contains evergreen trees that bear cones
  13. 22. large, extremely dry area of land with sparse vegetation
  14. 23. a relationship or interaction between two different organisms that share similar habitat
  15. 26. of, found in, or produced by the sea.