Across
- 2. - scientists who study the interactions between living things and their environment.
- 6. - an interaction in which one type of organism lives on or in another type of organism; the host is usually harmed or even killed.
- 7. - an interaction between organisms in which both the organisms benefit from the relationship and neither is harmed.
- 8. - characteristics that help an organism to survive in its environment.
- 10. - the place where all life exists; consists of Earth and its atmosphere.
- 13. - depending on each for survival.
- 15. - an organism in or on which a parasite lives.
- 16. - active or hunting at night.
- 17. - all living things.
- 18. - a system formed by organisms interacting with each other and with their non living surroundings in a balanced way.
Down
- 1. - an interaction between two organisms in which one of them benefits but the other one is not affected.
- 3. factors - non living factors in the environment.
- 4. - the place where an organism lives.
- 5. - an organism that lives on or in a host, taking food or shelter from the host; the host gets nothing in return and may be harmed.
- 9. - an animal that eats both plants and animals.
- 11. - an animal that eats only plants.
- 12. - the term used to describe all the conditions that affect a plant or animal in its habitat.
- 14. - a consumer that eats only other animals.
