Ecosystem Vocabulary Review

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Across
  1. 2. no longer in existence
  2. 6. all the living and nonliving things that surround and affect an organism
  3. 9. an animal that is hunted by another animal for food
  4. 10. living things in an environment
  5. 15. the transfer of food energy between organisms in an ecosystem
  6. 16. a living thing, such as a plant, that can make its own food
  7. 17. a consumer that eats both plants and animals
  8. 20. a consumer that breaks down waste materials and dead organisms for food
  9. 21. a consumer that eats only producers
  10. 23. any living thing
  11. 24. a group of food chains that overlap
Down
  1. 1. all the organisms of the same kind that live together in an ecosystem
  2. 3. a plant or animal that is nonnative to the ecosystem and its introduction causes or is likely to cause changes and damage to that environment
  3. 4. the place where an organism lives and can find everything it needs to survive
  4. 5. a meat-eating consumer
  5. 7. a plant or animal growing or living in a place that is its natural environment
  6. 8. the contest among organisms for the limited resources of an ecosystem
  7. 9. an animal that hunts other animals for food
  8. 11. a group of organisms that live in the same area and interact with each other
  9. 12. the role a plant or an animal plays in its habitat
  10. 13. a term describing a population of organisms that is likely to become extinct if steps are not taken to save it
  11. 14. describes a population of organisms that are likely to become endangered if they are not protected
  12. 18. a community of organisms and the environment in which they live
  13. 19. nonliving things in an environment
  14. 22. a living thing that cannot make its own food and must eat other living things