carries crossword
Across
- 2. an animal that feeds off only flesh.
- 6. animals that help break down stuff like leaves and things that died
- 9. A chemical used to hurt insects that are harmful to crops.
- 12. a group or pack of species that are at serious risk of extinction.
- 15. Something that eats both plants and animals
- 16. A place where animals and plants thrive together.
- 18. living thing at the beginning of a food chain capable of making its own food
- 19. organic material that forms in soil when plant and animal matter decays.
- 20. a living part of an ecosystem that shapes its environment (example) deer, trees, birds)
- 21. An ecological community in which populations of plants or animals remain stable and exist in balance with each other and their environment.
Down
- 1. a group of species that has expanded quickly.
- 3. When plants use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to create oxygen and energy in the form of sugar.
- 4. changing living organisms using science
- 5. Breeding animals that have unique characteristics for more unique characters.
- 7. A fine powder that plants use to reproduce, transferring pollen grains from the male anther of a flower to the female stigma.
- 8. A chemical used to hurt unwanted plants/weeds.
- 10. Something that shares common characteristics and can interbreed.
- 11. a nonliving part of an ecosystem (rock, soil, dirt, water)
- 13. This is when a living species gets more comfortable with the new environment
- 14. an animal that only feeds off plants.
- 17. A symbiotic relationship, That benefits both species.