Ecology vocab Crossword

non living factors
variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.
types of material of which animals or plants are made
the living components of an ecosystem.
an animal that feeds on flesh.
individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form.
group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common.
the basic unit of a chemical element.
person or thing that eats or uses something.
an organism that decomposes organic material.
the practice of living as a parasite in or on another organism.
activity or condition of competing.
natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism.
animal which feeds on dead organic material
the match of a species to a specific environmental condition
process of change in the species structure of an ecological community over time
deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings.
biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment
hierarchical series of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food.
system of interlocking and interdependent food chains.
an animal that feeds on plants.
an organism that is able to form nutritional organic substances from simple inorganic substances
organism deriving its nutritional requirements from complex organic substances.
association between two organisms in which one benefits and the other derives neither benefit nor harm
doctrine that mutual dependence is necessary to social well-being.
animal or person that eats food of both plant and animal origin.
the inhabitants of a particular town, area, or country.
the preying of one animal on others.
person, company, or country that makes, grows, or supplies goods or commodities for sale.
comprising organisms that share the same function in the food chain and the same nutritional relationship to the primary sources of energy.
interaction between two different organisms living in close physical association
the total mass of organisms in a given area or volume.