Monday, December 14, 2009

Environmental Science Crossword Puzzle No. 1


This is your assignment for January 2010.
Make a print out and submit with answers on our 1st meeting on January.

Across
1. Animal that hunts and eats prey.[8]
3. Organism on or in which a parasite lives.[4]
6. Type of adaptation relating to an organism's shape and size.[10]
8. Relationship where animals of different species help each other.[9]
9. Number of organisms of a species in an area at a particular time.[10]
11. Place where an organism lives.[7]
12. Factor that affects population numbers.[7]
16. Type of adaptation relating to an animal's actions.[11]
17. Organism that feeds off another e.g. tick.[8]
18. Living and non-living surroundings.[11]
19. All the organisms in a given area at a given time.[9]
20. A natural unit of living and non-living parts that interact to produce a stable system.[9]

Down
1. Non-living or abiotic.[8]
2. Study of interrelationships of living organisms with their surroundings.[7]
4. "Living together" of organisms of different species for a long period of time.[9]
5. Animal that is eaten by a predator.[4]
7. Example of a physical factor in the environment is water and air ____.[11]
10. Relationship where two different organisms use the same resource such as food.[11]
13. Characteristic of an organism that enables it to function more effectively in its surroundings.[10]
14. Example of an important living or biotic factor.[4]
15. Example of an important physical factor is amount of drinking ____.[5]