Biotic and Abiotic Factors Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• organism : an individual form of life, such as a plant, animal, bacterium, protist, or fungus
• population : comprised of all the individuals of the same species in an area at a certain time
• community : the populations of organisms of different species in a specific area at a given time
• biotic factors : the living or once-living organisms in an ecosystem
• abiotic factors : the non-living elements in an ecosystem
• carrying capacity : the largest number of individuals of the same species that an area can support
• limiting factors : abiotic or biotic factors that limit the number of individuals that live in an ecosystem
• ecosystem : a system formed by an ecological community and its environment that functions as a unit
• life : what the prefix bio- means (ex. biotic)
• not : what the prefix a- means (ex. abiotic)