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