Ecosystems
Across
- 4. a group of organisms that live in an area together
- 5. things in an environment like water, food, and space that animals need to survive
- 8. a living thing that is being used to support the life of another
- 11. an animal that eats other animals to survive
- 12. to help (verb)
- 13. a living thing that uses another living thing to stay alive
- 15. living things that can't make their own food
- 16. to try to get something that another animal is also trying to get
- 19. an animal that eats only plants to survive
- 21. an animal that hunts other animals for food
Down
- 1. describes something that can hurt or cause damage (adj.)
- 2. consumers that eat dead plants and animals, they break down dead material
- 3. when two or more organisms are connected through their actions
- 6. an animal that eats plants and other animals to survive
- 7. a community of interacting living things and their environment
- 9. to hurt or cause damage (verb)
- 10. describes something that is helpful (adj.)
- 14. one path that food energy takes through a community
- 17. an animal that other animals hunt for food
- 18. living things that make their own food
- 20. more than one food chain in a community