Balance of Nature

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Across
  1. 4. main difference between food chain and food _____ is that the food chain is a linear sequence of organisms through which the energy and nutrients pass whereas the food web is a complex of interconnected food chains of a particular ecosystem
  2. 6. Nature and ecosystems are constantly changing, they are _______
  3. 7. Three essential parts of a food chain include producers, consumers, and ________
  4. 9. a major type of community of distinctive plants and animals living together in a particular climate and physical environment
  5. 10. Food chain and food web are two types of ecological concepts that interpret the flow of _________ in a particular ecosystem
Down
  1. 1. A type of habitat with long grasses and not may trees
  2. 2. _____level: Any of the sequential stages in a food chain, occupied by producers at the bottom and in turn by primary, secondary, and tertiary consumers, and then by decomposers (starts with t)
  3. 3. Changes in an ecosystem are caused by natural events and by ________
  4. 5. A complex network of organisms interacting with each other and their physical environment
  5. 8. The study of relationships between living things and their environment (starts with an e and ends in -ology)