Ecology Word Search
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the missing letters on the lines to finish each word.
1.
e
y
The environment as it relates to living organisms
2.
b
i
p
The regions of the surface and atmosphere of the Earth where living organisms exist
3.
s
e
Coins collectively (plural)
4.
p
o
i
A group of organisms of the same species inhabiting a given area
5.
c
m
u
A group of people living in a particular local area
6.
e
t
m
A system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment
7.
b
A major biotic community characterized by the dominant forms of plant life and the prevailing
8.
a
r
h
Plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances (plural)
9.
p
d
Someone who manufactures something
10.
h
t
r
An organism that depends on complex organic substances for nutrition
11.
c
n
r
A terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal
12.
f
w
A community of organisms where there are several interrelated ___ chains
15.
b
s
The total mass of living matter in a given unit area
16.
o
v
A person who eats all kinds of foods