Across
- 6. something living
- 7. a biological relationship that two different species of things are very close
- 10. symbiosis that is beneficial to both organisms involved.
- 12. a square that marks off a specific area for study
- 13. a organism that breaks down dead or waste material
- 15. the study of the interactions among organisms and interactions between the organism and the environment
- 17. eat the producers that make food because consumers cant make their own food
- 20. a geographical area (large ECOSYSTEM) with a relatively uniform macroclimate, characterized by a mosaic of vegetation, soils and, to a lesser extent, animal life reflecting that climate
- 22. a organism that eats both animals and plants
- 23. all the inhabitants of a particular town, area, or country
- 24. a organism that only eats other animals
- 26. a relationship between two things in which one of them benefits and one is harmed
- 27. something non-living
- 29. a organisms location it lives in and the role it plays
- 30. the place where a organism lives
Down
- 1. a group of organisms that can successfully mate with each other
- 2. a word describing two species that are very close and live close together
- 3. a organism that only eats plants
- 4. large parts on earth that have particular living and nonliving things and weather
- 5. all the interacting organisms that live in a environment
- 8. how ecologists estimate the population sizes in ecosystems
- 9. a organism that eats decaying plants and animal matter
- 11. an association between two organisms in which one benefits and the other derives neither benefit nor harm.
- 14. an animal or plant on or in which a parasite or commensal organism lives
- 16. 10 different natural regions in BC
- 18. make its own food
- 19. a group made up of all the interacting populations that live in a area
- 21. an organism that lives in or on another organism and benefits by deriving nutrients at the host's expense.
- 25. a scientist who studies the interactions among organisms
- 28. the average weather pattern of a region over a long period of time
