Intro and Ecology Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. A group of similar organisms that can breed and produce fertile offspring.
  2. 6. An organisms that gets its energy from eating other organisms
  3. 7. factor: An environmental factor that prevents a population from increasing
  4. 9. a group of interbreeding organisms living in the same area (all of the deer in the forest)
  5. 10. An area with similar climate and ecosystems
  6. 12. An organism that gets its energy from breaking down dead organisms
  7. 15. relationship: The relationship between two species that live in close association with eac
  8. 17. one organism, a single living thing
  9. 18. An organism that gets its energy from the sun
  10. 20. non-living factors in the environment
  11. 21. A symbiotic relationship in which the health of one organism benefits and the health of the other
  12. 23. the study of the interaction between organisms and the environment
Down
  1. 1. all the organisms living in the same area AND their nonliving environment
  2. 3. A type of consumer that eats only other animals
  3. 4. A type of consumer that eats only plants
  4. 5. harmed
  5. 8. any plant or animal
  6. 10. living factors in the environment
  7. 11. all the organisms of all types living in the same area
  8. 13. Anything that has mass and takes up space
  9. 14. the struggle between organisms to survive in a habitat with limited resources
  10. 16. capacity: The largest population that an area can support
  11. 19. A type of consumer that eats both plants and animals
  12. 20. ecosystem
  13. 22. web: network of complex interactions formed by the feeding relationships among the various organisms