Basic Ecological Concepts Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• biosphere : the diversity of ecosystems which encompass all life on earth
• producer : the organism at the base of all food webs
• detrivores : organisms which feed on dead organisms, breaking their bodies into smaller fragments
• saprotrophs : organisms that feed on small pieces of dead matter left behind by detrivores
• trophic : this level is a stage in a food chain
• herbivore : an organism which consumes producers only
• habitat : the natural environment in which a species lives.
• predation: an interaction which occurs when an organism kills and consumes the other
• ecosystem : biotic and abiotic factors which interact in a defined area
• ecology : the study of interrelationships between living things and their non-living environment
• population : all the members of a particular species that live in an ecosystem
• competition: an interaction which occurs when individuals attempt to use the same limited resources
• parasitism: an organism which lives in/on and feeds on another organism (host) without killing it (immediately)
• species : a group of organisms which can interbreed and have fertile offspring
• community : all interacting populations of organisms within an ecosystem