Unit 8 Crossword

All the nonliving things in an ecosystem
All the living things in an ecosystem
An organism that makes its own food
An organism that eats OTHER organisms to get food and energy
An organism that breaks down waste and dead organisms
The study of how living things interact with each other and with their environment
A group of organisms of the same species populating a an area
A community of organisms and their abiotic environment
An individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form
Eats both animals and plants
An organsims that eats other animals
An animal that only eats plants
An organism that cannot make its own food
An organism that makes its own food
Prevents a population from increasing
Several related food chains
A series of steps in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten
Amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another in a food web
Moving into a population
Exit of organisms out of an area
Largest number of individuals of a population that a environment can support
Relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species
A relationship in which both species benefit
A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unaffected
A relationship between two organisms of different species where one benefits and the other is harmed
Too many organisms and not enough water, shelter, food
Organism blends into its surroundings
An animal that hunts other animals for food
Animal hunted or caught for food
All the different populations that live together
Floods, Wild fires, & Landslides
An organisms home that provides food, water, space and mate
Nonnative organism that takes over an ecosystem and changes that ecosystem for the worse