Across
- 3. the study of the interactions of living organisms with one another and with their environment
- 5. describes the nonliving parts of the environment
- 10. an organism that eats both plants and animals
- 11. a community of organisms and their abiotic environment
- 12. an organism that is killed and eaten by another organism
- 13. the largest population that an environment can support at any givin time
- 15. a relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unaffected
- 18. a diagram that shows the feeding relationships between organisms in an ecosystem
- 20. a relationship between two species in which one speceies, the parasite, benefits from the other species, the host, which is harmed
Down
- 1. describes living factors in the environment
- 2. an organism that eats only plants
- 4. an organism that eats all or part of another organism
- 6. group of organisms of the same species that live in a specific geographical area
- 7. a diagram that shows an ecosystem's loss of energy
- 8. all the populations of species that live in the same habitat and interact with each other
- 9. the pathway of energy transfer through various stages as a result of the feeding pattersn of a series of organisms
- 14. the evolution of two species that is due to mutual influence, often in a way that is beneficial to both species
- 16. a relationship in which two different organisms live in close association with each other
- 17. a relationship between two species in which both species benefit
- 19. an organism that eats animals
