Across
- 4. A group of organisms that can interbreed to produce fertile off-spring
- 6. The environment in which a species normally lives, location of living organism
- 7. A predator at the top of the food chain, Without natural predators of its own
- 10. Dead, particulate organic matter (eg. decaying organic material, fecal matter)
- 11. Organisms that live on/in non-living organic matter (eg. mushrooms)
- 13. A group of organisms of the same species living in the same area at the same time
- 15. A group of populations that are living and interacting together in the same area
Down
- 1. Derived from non-living matter (opposite of organic)
- 2. A community and its abiotic environment
- 3. An consumer that naturally preys on others, kills and eats other consumers
- 5. When saprobionts feed by secreting enzymes through cell membranes onto food
- 8. A type of heterotroph that obtains nutrients by consuming non-living organic sources
- 9. Devoid of life (never having lived)
- 12. Relating to or derived from living matter
- 14. An animal that is hunted by predators (usually for food)