Ecosystem/Food Chain & Web Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 3. is transfer of matter in the form of energy.
  2. 6. all of the organisms living in the same area.
  3. 10. made up all all living and nonliving things in one place.
  4. 11. place where organisms live.
  5. 12. the food chain shows how each living things get __________.
  6. 13. factor is a nonliving part of an ecosystem.
  7. 15. produces its own food and creates food and oxygen for animals.
  8. 16. break down dead plants and animals into useful things.
  9. 17. an animal that eats plants and animals.
  10. 18. all of the populations living in an area.
  11. 19. in a food web __________ increases population.
  12. 20. in a food web __________ die due to lack of food.
Down
  1. 1. scientists who study ecology.
  2. 2. factor are the living parts of an ecosystem.
  3. 4. an animal that eats BOTH plants and animals.
  4. 5. meat eating animal that feeds on the remains of dead animals.
  5. 7. multiple food chains linked together.
  6. 8. an animal that is hunted for food.
  7. 9. an animal that ONLY eats plants or algae.
  8. 14. study of how all things in an ecosystem interact.
  9. 15. an animal that hunts other animals for food.
  10. 17. an animal that ONLY eats other animals.