Species Interactions Crossword Puzzle

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QUESTIONS LIST: parasite : organism that benefits from long term, harmful, but usually nonlethal, association with a host, parasitoid : parasite-like relationship that ends in death (consumption) of the host, predator : organism that kills and consumes prey, grazer : organism that consumes part of prey, mutualism : interspecific interaction that benefits both species, obligate : at least one species has lost the ability to survive on its own, facultative : interacting species derive benefits form each other, but not fully dependent and so can survive alone, endoparasite : live and feed within the body of the host, ectoparasite : live and feed on the external surface of the host, commensalism : interaction that benefits one species, but neither harms nor helps the other, amensalism : interaction that has a negative impact on one species, but neither harms nor helps the other, masting : synchronous production of progeny (offspring); causes predator satiation, mimicry : parasites and hosts undergo coevolution and resemble each other in some way, herbivore : an organism that consumes plants, granivore : an organism that consumes grains, insectivore : an organism that consumes insects.