Marine Food Webs

2. a relationship between individuals of two species in which one species obtains food or other benefits from the other without either harming or benefiting the latter
4. a seamount with a flat top
7. an organism that takes inorganic chemicals and transforms it into energy.
9. also known as the 'wolves of the sea'
11. the study of organisms and how they interact with the environment around them
15. a relationship in which both species are mutually benefited
16. a relationship between different species in which one organism lives on or in the other organism and benefits from it by causing some harm
17. an organism, often a bacterium, fungus, or invertebrate that feeds on and breaks down dead plant or animal matter, making organic nutrients available to the ecosystem.
18. an organism that can produce its own food using light, water and carbon dioxide
20. an organism that mostly feeds on plants
21. an organism that cannot produce its own food and must eat other plants and/or animals to get energy

1. the rich variety of life on Earth
3. an underwater mountain with steep sides rising from the seafloor
5. animals that live on or near the bottom of the ocean
6. a biological interaction where one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey
8. of, relating to, or living or occurring in the open sea
10. an organism that consume dead and decaying organic matter known as detritus to obtain energy and nutrition
12. an organism that eats other plants or animals for energy and nutrients
13. an organism that mostly eats meat, or the flesh of animals
14. a community of living organisms (plants, animals, and microorganisms) interacting with each other and their physical environment
19. the biogeographic realm consisting of the deep sea, lacking higher plant life because of the absence of light, and occupied chiefly by carnivorous animals