Characteristics of life, Food Chains, and Food Webs

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Across
  1. 2. animals get this from the food that they eat
  2. 6. eat decaying matter
  3. 9. living things do this to get bigger
  4. 10. all living things do this at the end of their lifespan
  5. 11. shows how each living thing gets food, and how nutrients and energy are passed from creature to creature
  6. 12. a non-living thing
  7. 14. cannot make their own food, so they need to consume (eat) plants and/or animals
Down
  1. 1. Animals that eat only animals
  2. 3. a number of food chains connected together
  3. 4. Animals that eat both animals AND plants
  4. 5. Animals that eat only plants
  5. 7. produce their own food
  6. 8. a living thing
  7. 13. plants create their own food using carbon dioxide, water, and ____light