This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Ecology & Evolution has 21 clues. Answers range from 4 to 12 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
The organism that does the killing in a predation interaction
The pattern of overlapping feeding relationships or food chains the various organisms in an ecosystem
All the members of one species living in the same area
An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism in a predation interaction
A type of symbiosis between two species in which one species benefits and the other species is neither helped nor harmed
A group of similar organisms that can mate with each other and produce offspring
A type of symbiosis in which both species benefit from living together Biotic-living
living
A consumer that obtains energy by eating only plants
All the different populations that live together in a particular area
A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead or decaying organisms
An organism that can make its own food
An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms
nonliving
The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resources in the same place at the same time
An environment that provides the things a specific organism needs to live, grow, and reproduce
The community of organisms that live in a particular area, along with their nonliving environment
A type of symbiosis in which one organism lives with, on, or in a host and harms it
A consumer that obtains energy by easting both plants and animals
A series of events in an ecosystem in which organisms transfer energy by eating and by being eaten
A consumer that obtains energy by eating only animals