Unit 3: Ecosystems

3. Organism that creates its own food or energy
7. Organism that feeds on other animals
10. Two animals that live with each other, one is benefited and the other is neither benefited nor harmed
13. Organism copies the traits of another animal
14. Organism that feeds on plants
15. Place where organisms live
16. Two organisms that live with each other where the host organism is harmed
17. Position an organism occupies in a food web
19. Organism that breaks down other organisms into nutrients

1. Organism that feeds on plants or other animals for energy
2. Two organisms that live with each other and both receive benefits
4. Total weight of all living matter within an ecosystem
5. Group of different species that live in the same area and interact with each other
6. Organism that feeds on both plants and animals
8. Interaction of organisms with the biotic and abiotic within an environment
9. Large area of Earth with a specific climate and a community of plants and animals
11. Organism that is hunted by predators
12. Group of organisms in one species that live in the same place
18. Organism that hunts other organisms for food