Y9 Ecology

5. An animal that only eats meat
6. A group of organisms living in the same area
8. An organism that uses photosynthesis to produce their own food
11. A series of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food
12. An animal that eats organisms from a different population
14. A biological relationship that benefits one organism while the other is unaffected
18. A system of interlocking and interdependent food chains
20. An organism that decomposes organic material
22. When plants use natural resources to create sugar
23. Living as a parasite on or with another organism
25. An animal that only eats plants
26. Animals that eat the secondary consumer

1. The action of breathing
2. The number of things in a particular place
3. Preying on other organisms
4. The study of organisms and how they interact with the environment
7. Consists of organisms sharing the same function in the food chain
9. A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment
10. An animal that eats both meat and plants
13. A biological relationship that both organisms benefit from
15. Animals that eat the primary consumer
16. The parts of Earth where life can exist
17. The living parts of an ecosystem
19. An environment equipped with everything an organism needs to survive
21. The non-living parts of an ecosystem
24. Animals that eat the producer