Population & Communities Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST: population : a group of the same species living in the same area, community : all of the populations in a given area, mutualism : interaction where both species benefit, parasitism : interaction where one species benefits and the other is harmed, predation : interaction where one species captures and kills another for energy, commensalism : interaction where one species benefits and the other is unaffected, niche : the role an organism plays in its environment, habitat : the natural environment of a species, exponential : _ growth occurs when nothing is limiting the population's growth, carryingcapacity : the maximum number of individuals an environment can support, clumped : type of dispersion seen with herding animals, uniformed : type of dispersion seen when individuals are equally spread out, interspecific : type of competition that occurs between members of different species, intraspecific : type of competition that occurs between members of the same species, competition : type of interaction that occurs when individuals go after the same resource, primary : type of succession that begins on bare rock, secondary : type of succession that begins after a fire destroys an ecological community, pioneering : lichens are an example of a _ species, climax : type of community that has all available niches filled, dependent : type of limiting factors that affect large populations more than smaller ones are called density _ , independent : a flood is an example of a density _ factor