Ecosystem Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• limiting factor : food, water and or space that limits the size of a population
• species : organisms that are closely related that live together and produce offspring
• population : a group of organisms of the same species
• abiotic : non living parts of an ecosystems
• biomass : the amount of living matter in a habitat
• ecosystem : biotic and abiotic organisms in their environment
• predator : an organism that kills and eats another organism
• competition : occurs when two or more organisms try use the same resources
• biome : a large region characterized by a specific climate and types of organisms
• biosphere : the part of earth where life exists
• symbiosis : a close, long term relationship between two or more species
• ecology : the study of organisms
• habitat : the place where a plant or animal lives
• mutalism : a relationship between two species in which both species benefit
• niche : an organism's role in its habitat
• population : the amount of a particular species in a biome
• community : all of the populations of species that live in the same habitat
• carrying capacity : the largest population that an environment is able to support at one time
• biotic : living organisms in an ecosystems
• prey : an organism that is killed by a predator