Ecology Crossword

a model/diagram showing the complex feeding relationships among organisms in a community -show multiples food chains
all the living organisms that live in an area and the nonliving features of their environment
all the organisms that belong to the same species living in a community/ecosystem
all the populations of the different species that live together in an ecosystem
the place where an organism lives that provides the types of food, shelter, moisture, temperature etc. needed for survival
features of the environment that are alive or were once alive-plants, animals, bacteria, fungi
nonliving, physical features of the environment, including air, water, sunlight, soil, temperature and climate
an organism’s particular role (job) in an ecosystem, or how it meets its needs for survival—obtains its food and shelter, and avoids danger
organism that cannot make its own food (heterotroph)
organism that can make its own food (autotroph)
the part of the Earth that supports life, including the top portion of the Earth’s crust, all of the water that cover the Earth’s surface, and the surrounding atmosphere
organisms that benefit an ecosystem by returning nutrients to the soil and by breaking down dead organisms (nature's recyclers)
a model that shows the amount of energy available at each feeding level in an ecosystem
anything that can restrict the size of a population, including the living (biotic) and nonliving (abiotic) features of an ecosystem, such as predators or drought
the largest number of individuals of a particular species (a population) that an ecosystem can support
any close relationship between 2 different species of organisms in which at least one of the organisms benefits from the relationship
a symbiotic relationship in which both organisms benefit
a symbiotic relationship in which one organism is helped/benefits and the other organism is hurt/harmed.
a symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits and the other organism is not affected (not helped or harmed)