Ecology Cafe Puzzle Crossword

the scientific discipline in which the relationships among living organisms and the interaction the organisms have with their environments are studied
the portion of Earth that supports life
the living factors in an organisms environment
the nonliving factors in an organisms environment
the act of one organism consuming another organism for food
the relationship between two or more organisms that live closely together and benefit from each other
an organism that collects energy from sunlight or inorganic substances to produce food
a relationship in which one organism benefits and the other organism is neither helped or harmed
an organism that gets its energy requirements by consuming other organisms
a symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits while the other is harmed
A heterotroph that only eats plants
a group of interacting populations that occupy the same area at the same time
the establishment of a community in an area of exposed rock that does not have any topsoil
the stable, mature community that results when there is little change in the composition of species
the ability of any organism to survive when subjected to abiotic factors or biotic factors
the orderly and predictable change that takes place after a community of organisms has been removed but the soil has remained intact
the change in an ecosystem that happens when one community replaces another as a result of changing abiotic factors and biotic factors
any abiotic factor or biotic factor that restricts the numbers,reproduction, or distrubition of organisms
a biological community and all of the abiotic factors that affect it
a large group of ecosystems that share the same climate and have similar types of communities