Ecosystem Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. A living thing that makes its own food using sunlight (like plants)
  2. 5. A trait that helps an animal survive in its environment
  3. 6. A natural behavior an animal is born knowing how to do (like a bird building a nest)
  4. 8. A community of living things and their environment
  5. 11. Power that living things need to grow and move
  6. 12. A behavior or skill an animal develops through experience or practice
  7. 14. CHAIN, The order in which animals eat each other in nature
  8. 15. An animal that eats both plants and meat
  9. 16. A living thing that eats other living things for food
  10. 17. An animal that is hunted by another animal
Down
  1. 1. An organism that breaks down dead plants and animals
  2. 3. The place where an animal or plant lives
  3. 4. An animal that only eats meat
  4. 7. Traits passed down from parents to offspring (like eye color)
  5. 9. An animal that hunts other animals for food
  6. 10. An animal that only eats plants
  7. 13. Living parts of an ecosystem (plants, animals, fungi)
  8. 15. A living thing like a plant or animal