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Name___________________________________________________Date______________________Period___________ Ecology Word Search
Find the word that matches each description below in the puzzle on the back side of this page.
1. This is a type of organism that goes through photosynthesis to produce it’s own source of energy.
Using the clues on the back of this paper, find the matching ecology term below.
Once you have found all 25 terms below, find the unused letters, in order (top to
bottom, left to right), to solve the “ecology riddle” below.
2. This is the total dry mass of organism; it can be used in pyramid models to show the mass of
organisms in a community.
3. This is a type of consumer that only eats flesh; for example, a lion.
4. This is a type of producer that uses chemicals, such as sulfide, to makes it’s own source of energy.
5. This is a type of symbiosis (+/Ø), example: a bird catching a ride on a rhino’s back.
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6. Two kangaroos fighting over the same mate is an example of this type of competition.
7. This a specific type of consumer whose niche is to return nutrients to the soil.
8. This is a model in which the flow of energy is clearly displayed;≈90% of energy is lost as heat.
9. This is a complex model of many feeding relationships and the flow of energy between them.
10. This is a type of consumer who has a varying diet- not eating only one specific kind of food; for
example, a bear who eats fish, deer, rabbits, berries, and wild dogs.
11. This is an area in which an organism lives (includes both biotic and abiotic factors).
12. This is a type of succession that establishes and/or develops a community or ecosystem; this takes
place over hundreds of years.
13. This is a type of consumer that feeds ONLY on plants.
14. This is a type of organism who does not get energy from the sun; they must consume others for
energy.
15. This is a specific biogeochemical cycle in which transpiration, evaporation, condensation,
precipitation, and infiltration all take place.
16. A hummingbird and bumble bee fighting over the same nector producing flower is an example of
this type of competition.
17. This is a type of symbiosis (+/+), example: a bee helps a flower by spreading it’s pollen, and the
pollen gives the bee food.
18. This is how an organism lives in it’s environment, or the roll in which the organism plays. Ex:
farmers provide the community with food to survive.
19. This is the process by which bacteria in the soil turn unusable atmospheric nitrogen into ammonia.
20. This is a type of consumer that can eat producers, primary consumers, tertiary consumers, etc.
21. This is a type of symbiosis (+/-), example: a tapeworm in human intestines.
22. These are the first organisms to live in a previously uninhabitable area, usually mosses and/or
lichens.
23. This is a type of community interaction in which one organism is captured (prey) and consumed
by a predator.
24. This is a type of succession that takes place fairly quickly, after a natural disaster, such as a forest
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25. This is a type of consumer that feeds on a specific food; example- the Florida Snail Kite
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