Living Things Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 1. a simple way to show how energy moves through a series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy
  2. 4. a living thing
  3. 6. all the members of one species living in a particular area
  4. 7. organism that is killed
  5. 9. an environment that provides the things a specific organism needs to live, grow, and reproduce “their address”
  6. 11. a more realistic way to show the flow of energy through many overlapping food chains in an ecosystem
  7. 12. all the different populations that live together in an area
  8. 15. a process by which individuals that are better adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce than other members of the same species
  9. 19. an organism that a parasite lives on or in
  10. 20. the relationship that involves one organism living with, on, or inside another organism and harming it
  11. 21. consumers that eat both plants and animals
  12. 23. the study of how organisms interact with each other and their environment
  13. 24. the organism that does the killing
  14. 26. a diagram that shows the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another in a food web
  15. 28. the community of organisms that live in a particular area, along with their non-living environment
  16. 29. a relationship in which both species benefit
  17. 30. any relationship in which two species live closely together and at least one of the species benefits
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  1. 2. the behaviors and physical characteristics that allow organisms to live successfully in their environments
  2. 3. an organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms
  3. 5. parts of a habitat that are living or once were living, and interact with an organism
  4. 6. an organism that can make its own food
  5. 8. is a relationship in which one species benefits and the otheris neither helped nor harmed
  6. 10. the struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resources
  7. 13. role of an organism in their environment “what their job is”
  8. 14. consumers that eat only plants
  9. 16. are the non-living parts of an organism’s habitat
  10. 17. is a group of organisms that can mate and reproduce
  11. 18. is a carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms
  12. 22. consumers that eat only animals
  13. 25. organisms that break down wastes and dead organisms and return the raw materials to the ecosystem
  14. 27. an interaction in which one organism kills another for food or nutrients