Emma's Ecology Crossword

2. an organism that obtains energy from eating other organisms
5. a sequence of organisms through which nutrients and energy pass as one organism eats another
8. The whole number of people or inhabitants in a area
11. A community/group of living organisms that live and act the same
14. animal that eats both plants and animals
16. Animals that eat flesh
18. The natural environment where an organism lives
19. Organisms that form the first level of trophic level
20. An organism that hunts and kills other organisms for food
21. Individual/Animal, plant, or single celled life form
23. Animal who's diet is only plants

1. Several levels in a ecosystem, all share functions, food chain.
3. An organism that feeds on already dead organisms
4. the study of interactions of organisms
6. A group of people living in the same area
7. A Non-living organism that shapes its own environment
9. An organism, often bacteria,or fungus, that breaks down dead animals or plants
10. an organism that harbors another organism, inside or near their body
12. organism that cannot produce its own food but instead gets it from consuming other organisms or their 'organic matter'
13. When one food chain is all connected into one ecosystem
15. A living organism that shapes its own environment
17. an organism that makes its own food from in organic sources like light
20. When there is one host and one other organism causing harm
22. Organisms getting hunted or killed for food by other organisms