Ecosystems Terminology Crossword

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Across
  1. 5. A whole group of interacting food chains in an ecological community
  2. 6. An example of a herbivore
  3. 8. A group of individuals of the same species
  4. 10. An animal that eats only other animals
  5. 13. The process by which a green plant turns water and carbon dioxide into food when the plant is exposed to light
  6. 15. A non-living thing in an ecosystem
  7. 16. An example of a carnivore
  8. 17. A series of types of living things in which each one uses the next lower member of the series as a source of food
  9. 19. An animal that is hunted or killed by another animal(predator) for food
Down
  1. 1. An animal that only eats plants
  2. 2. A living element in an ecosystem that produces its own food
  3. 3. An animal that lives by killing and eating other animals: an animal that preys on other animals
  4. 4. An animal that eats both plants and other animals
  5. 6. An example of a omnivore
  6. 7. The rapid expansion of a species into regions where it had not previously existed
  7. 9. A consumer that breaks down the dead plants, animals and waste products in an ecosystem
  8. 11. An organism that feeds on organic waste
  9. 12. An active demand by two or more organisms or kinds of organisms for some environmental resource in short supply
  10. 14. A living element
  11. 18. A living thing in an ecosystem that must feed on other organisms in order to supply its food needs