Ecology Crossword

2. Consumers that only eat meat. (Secondary, Tertiary, or Quaternary Consumers)
4. Made up of groups of organisms of one species living in the same place at the same time.
8. The parts of the Earth that support life. Made up of all the biomes on the Earth
9. Made up of populations in a community and the abiotic factors with which they interact.
11. Type of Carnivore that hunt prey animals for food.
13. Consumers that eat both plants and animals (Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, or Quaternary Consumers)
17. All living organisms inhabiting an environment.
18. Type of carnivore that feed on dead animals
19. The place in which an organism lives out its life.

1. Consumers that break down the complex compounds of dead and decaying plants and animals into simpler molecules that can be absorbed by producers.
3. Also called Autotrophs, use light energy from the sun to make their own food. Make up the first trophic level
5. Any biotic or abiotic factor that restricts the existence of organisms in a specific environment
6. Consumers that only eat plants. (Primary Consumers)
7. Also called Heterotrophs, they ingest producers or other consumers to obtain energy. 4 types Herbivores, Carnivores, Omnivores, and Decomposers
10. The number of organisms that an ecosystem can sustainably support.
12. An individual made up of organ systems that work together to sustain life.
14. The role a species plays in a community
15. Made up of a group of ecosystems with similar climates and organisms.
16. Made up of several interacting populations that inhabit a common environment and are interdependent.
20. All nonliving parts of an environment.