Abiotic and Biotic Factors Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• abiotic : all of the nonliving parts of an ecosystem
• organism : any individual living thing
• energy transfer : the transfer of energy from one organism to another through a food chain or web; or transfer of energy from one object to another
• independent variable : in an experiment that is a fair test; the variable that a scientist changes
• symbiotic : relationship between organisms in which one depends on the other
• population : the group of organisms of the same species living in the same area
• food chain : a model that shows one set of feeding relationships among living things
• dependent : a factor, trait or condition that is affected when another factor, trait or condition is changed in a scientific experiment
• data : measurements or observations
• ecosystem : all the living and nonliving things in an area that interact with each other
• environment : all the living and nonliving things that surround an organism
• species : a group of organisms that share similar characteristics and can mate with each other to produce offspring
• parasite : an organism that lives in or on another organism and obtains nourishment from the host
• weight : the force of gravity on an object
• hypothesis : a prediction based on background knowledge saying what is expected to happen in an experiment
• mass : the amount of matter in an object
• biotic : all of the living or once living parts of an ecosystem