Study of Ecology

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 4. A terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal (plural) (10)
  2. 8. An animal that feeds on both animal and vegetable substances (plural) (9)
  3. 9. The number of inhabitants in a given place (10)
  4. 10. How plants make food from sunlight (14)
  5. 11. A major biotic community characterized by the dominant forms of plant life and the prevailing (5)
  6. 12. A system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment (9)

Down

  1. 1. The status of an organism within its environment and community (5)
  2. 2. A group of people living in a particular local area (plural) (11)
  3. 3. Plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances (plural) (10)
  4. 5. The regions of the surface and atmosphere of the Earth where living organisms exist (9)
  5. 6. Any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants (plural) (10)
  6. 7. A living thing that has the ability to act or function independently (plural) (9)