Across
- 3. factors any living component within an ecosystem that affects other organisms or shapes
- 4. an organism that primarily eats plants and plant-based material for energy
- 6. webs a complex diagram showing the interconnected feeding relationships and energy flow between multiple, overlapping food chains in an ecosystem
- 9. factors any non-living physical or chemical component of an ecosystem
- 10. capacity the maximum population size of a species
- 12. a community where living organisms (plants, animals, microbes
- 14. factors any resource or condition that restricts the growth, abundance
- 15. chains a linear sequence showing how energy and nutrients move through an ecosystem as one organism eats another
- 16. an organism that creates its own food, usually from sunlight
Down
- 1. a fundamental biological classification for a group of organisms
- 2. an interaction where organisms or individuals strive for the same limited resources
- 5. everything surrounding an organism or ecological community
- 7. any individual living thing, from microscopic bacteria to large animals
- 8. consumer an organism that feeds directly on producers (plants or algae)
- 9. organism (animal or plant) that gets its energy and nutrients primarily from consuming other animals or their tissues
- 11. a group of individuals of the same species living in the same general area
- 13. an organism, typically an animal, that obtains nutrients by eating a diverse diet of both plants and animals