Across
- 2. a person, company, or country that makes, grows, or supplies goods or commodities for sale
- 4. an animal that feeds on plants
- 8. the principle by which the total value of a physical quantity or parameter remains constant in a system which is not subject to external influence
- 11. the process of change by which an organism or species becomes better suited to its environment
- 12. An energy pyramid is a graphical model of energy flow in a community
- 14. an animal that is hunted and killed by another for food
- 16. a person who purchases goods and services for personal use
- 18. relating to or resulting from living organisms
- 19. a series of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food.
- 20. an animal that feeds on other animals
- 21. a series of events that are regularly repeated in the same order
Down
- 1. an organism which lives in or on another organism (its host) and benefits by deriving nutrients at the other's expense
- 3. able to be maintained at a certain rate or level
- 5. the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates
- 6. an animal or person that eats a variety of food of both plant and animal origin
- 7. the strength and vitality required for sustained physical or mental activity
- 9. a substance that provides nourishment essential for the maintenance of life and for growth
- 10. the dependence of two or more people or things on each other
- 13. physical rather than biological; not derived from living organisms
- 15. an animal that naturally preys on others
- 17. a system of interlocking and interdependent food chains
