Ecosystem Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 3. an organism that makes their own food; e.g., grass, algae, phytoplankton
  2. 4. the animal that eats secondary consumers is called a _________ consumer
  3. 7. an organism that breaks down dead plants and animals, giving nutrients back to the soil (e.g., fungus, bacteria, mold)
  4. 10. one organism
  5. 11. a place where living things and non-living things interact
  6. 15. the variety of types of organisms living in an area
  7. 18. an organism that gets their energy from consuming producers is called a _________ consumer
  8. 20. plants get their energy from the ______.
  9. 21. a plant-eating animal
  10. 24. an animal that eats both animals and plants
Down
  1. 1. seriously at risk of going extinct (disappearing)
  2. 2. a meat-eating animal
  3. 5. chain a model showing the energy flow from organism to organism (only shows one thing an animal eats) e.g., grass->grasshopper->robin->cat
  4. 6. predator this type of consumer is at the top of the food chain with no other predator
  5. 8. no longer existing
  6. 9. a living thing
  7. 12. a group of closely related organisms that can produce offspring (babies)
  8. 13. non-living
  9. 14. A group of individuals of the same species living together in one place at one time
  10. 16. a snail is eating dead fish in an aquarium. It is acting as a _________.; an organism that eats dead animal material
  11. 17. an animal that eats and hunts others animals
  12. 19. an animal being hunted, caught, and eaten by another animal
  13. 21. location where an organism lives
  14. 22. web a model with many food chains connected/linked together
  15. 23. the role of lizard in this food chain: grass->grasshopper->lizard->hawk; _________ consumer