Mady's Ecology Vocab Puzzle

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Across
  1. 4. living organisms in an environment (ex.tree)
  2. 5. makes it's own food (can be called a producer)
  3. 6. a group of organisms with a shared trait(s)
  4. 9. consumes food for energy
  5. 10. organism being hunted by the predator
  6. 11. science of organisms relationship with its surroundings
  7. 13. all food chains in an ecosystem
  8. 15. can't make it's own food/consumes food for energy (can be called a consumer)
  9. 18. a group of ecosystems in an area (ex.Earth)
  10. 20. an individual (multi/unicellular life forms)
  11. 21. a relationship where one organism benefits and the other suffers
  12. 22. where an organism is in the food chain
  13. 23. only eats plants (no meat)
  14. 25. a group of populations in an area (ex.forest of trees)
Down
  1. 1. organism hunting it's food/prey
  2. 2. nonliving things in an environment (ex.rock)
  3. 3. consumes decaying organisms (ex.vulture)
  4. 7. makes/produces it's own food/energy
  5. 8. breaks down dead organisms/organic material (ex.fungi)
  6. 12. the home of an organism
  7. 14. sequence of energy transfer between organisms in an ecosystem
  8. 16. a group of communities in an area (ex.ocean)
  9. 17. the organism that harbours another organism (the organism that suffers in a parasitic relationship)
  10. 19. only eats meat
  11. 24. eats both plants and meat