Across
- 3. The fourth of the hierachical groups for taxomony
- 7. Numbers of one species living in a given area at a particular time.
- 11. The jelly-like substance that fills a cell.
- 12. One of the five kingdoms of living things
- 13. The process whereby new organisms are produced from pre-existing ones.
- 16. One of the five kingdoms of living things
- 18. Process of sorting into groups using feature the organisms have in common.
- 23. Organisms which have been brought into an environment where they did not naturally occur. (two words)
- 24. The process where the whole organism or part of it changes position or orientation.
- 26. A community of living organisms (plants, animals and microbes) in conjunction with the nonliving components of their environment (things like air, water and mineral soil), interacting as a system.
- 27. All the factors that affect an organism in its habitat.
- 28. The process that results in an organism increasing in size (often due to cell division).
- 29. One of the five kingdoms of living things
- 31. The flow of energy from organism to organism in a series of feeding relationships. (two words)
- 33. The process whereby chemicals required by an organism to maintain life are obtained.
- 34. The fifth of the hierachical groups for taxomony
Down
- 1. An organism whose cell has no proper nucleus and no membrane-bound organelles e.g. a bacterium.
- 2. Organism which consumes detritus (dead particulate matter)
- 4. A non-living layer that surrounds the cell membrane. In plants, this is made of cellulose. (two words)
- 5. The living place of an organism.
- 6. An organelle in plant cells which contains chlorophyll and is the site of photosynthesis.
- 8. The second of the hierachical groups for taxomony
- 9. Process of controlling of pest populations by introducing their natural enemies (two words).
- 10. Process of getting nutrition by organisms taking in ready-made food
- 14. The process of the removal of metabolic wastes from the body of an organism.
- 15. The process whereby natural forests are cleared through logging and/or burning, either to use the timber or to replace the area for alternative uses such as farming.
- 17. Organism which consumes plants or algae. Also known as a first order consumer.
- 19. Movement
- 20. The thin layer surrounding the cell. It controls what enters and leaves the cell. (two words)
- 21. Organism which consumes food killed by other organisms.
- 22. The third of the hierachical groups for taxomony
- 25. The second last of the hierachical groups for taxomony
- 30. All the organism living in a given area at a particular time.
- 32. A living thing.
