Ecosystems

5. A community of organisms and the environment in which they live.
6. The transfer of food energy between organisms in an ecosystem.
8. All the organisms of the same kind that live together in an ecosystem.
10. Nonliving things in the environment.
11. A diagram that shows how much energy is passed from one organism to the next at each level in the food chain.
14. Animals that eat other animals.
16. A living thing that gets energy by breaking down dead organisms.
17. Organisms that make their own food.
18. Behaviors that an organism inherits and knows how to do without being taught.

1. Process that allows plants make food.
2. Animals that eat both plants and animals.
3. A group of food chains that overlap.
4. Living things in the environment.
7. A trait or characteristic that helps an organism survive.
8. Animals that hunt and eat other animals.
9. Animals that are hunted by predators.
12. All the living and nonliving things that surround and affect an organism.
13. Organisms that only eat plants and plant products.
14. Organisms that get energy by eating other organisms.
15. A group of organisms that live in the same area and interact with each other.