Ecology Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle
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QUESTIONS LIST:
- commensalism : a relationship in which one species benefits and the other remains unaffected
- amensalism : an interaction in which the presence of one species has a negative effect on another, but the first species is unaffected
- predator : an organism that hunts and kills other organisms for food
- herbivore : an organism that feeds only on autotrophs
- producer : any organism that is an autotroph
- autotroph : the first trophic level of a food web
- decomposer : an organism that feeds on dead or decaying organic matter
- competition : a relationship between organisms in which one is harmed when both are trying to use the same limited resource
- invasive species : an organism that is not native to a particular area
- carnivore : an organism that never feeds on producers
- consumer : any organism not included in the first trophic level
- altruism : the behavior of an individual that increases the fitness of another individual, while decreasing its own fitness
- heterotroph : an organism that feeds on another organism because it cannot make its own food
- parasitism : a symbiotic relationship in which one organism gains benefits at the expense of the host
- mutualism : an interaction that benefits both species involved
- omnivore : an organism that feeds on other organisms from any trophic level
- predation : an interaction in which one organism preys upon another
- symbiosis : any type of close and long-term interaction between two species
