Ecosystems
Across
- 1. An animal that is hunted and eaten
- 2. A series of steps showing who eats whom
- 4. A plant or animal that has died and is being broken down
- 6. A group of the same species living in one area
- 8. An organism that breaks down dead things
- 13. The largest type of ecosystem, such as desert or rainforest
- 14. An organism that eats only animals
- 17. A living part of an ecosystem
- 18. A consumer that eats only plants
Down
- 1. An animal that hunts and eats other animals
- 3. A consumer that eats both plants and animals
- 5. A long-term relationship between two species
- 6. The process by which plants use sunlight to make food
- 7. A diagram showing energy flow from one organism to another
- 9. Organisms that must eat other organisms to get energy
- 10. Where an organism lives and gets its needs met
- 11. All the living and nonliving things in an area
- 12. Organism that makes its own food
- 15. A nonliving part of an ecosystem
- 16. The role an organism plays in its environment