Community Ecology Crossword Puzzle

Community Ecology

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Consumers that eat primary consumers

Earliest plant forms

Consumers that eat secondary consumers

What is a non living component in the environment

The process of of plant species taking hold in an area that previously lacked growth

Organisms that produces complex organic compounds from simple substances present in its surroundings

Study of how different species inhabiting the same geographic region interact

What is a living component in the environment that shapes the environment

Element of the environment that controls the population growth or population distribution

Process of plant species becoming established in an area that was previously inhabited

An association between two organisms where one benefits and the other doesn't benefit or harm

Relationship in which one animal kills and devours another animal

Animals that eat both plants and animals for food

An association between two organisms where both organisms benefit

Microscopic multicellular worms found in soil

Interaction between two different organisms living in close physical association typically to the advantage of both

An organism that must consume other organism, or their products, to gain energy

An organism that lives in, with, or on another organism and obtains nourishment from it

An association between two organisms where one species benefits at the expense of the other species

Animals that only eat plants for food

Organisms that are unable to synthesize their own food from inorganic substances

Animals that only eat animals for food

Organisms that decomposes organic material

A group of living organisms that live in the same place and have certain characteristics in common

Sequence of gradual changes in a plant community over time

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