food web
Across
- 2. resources are in short supply
- 3. organism that relies on other organisms for its energy and food supply; also called a heterotroph
- 5. organism that obtains energy by eating only plants
- 10. resources are in great supply, easily available; more than enough
- 12. a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently
- 14. the struggle between organisms to survive in a habitat with limited resources
- 15. a long period without rain
- 16. an organism that breaks down chemicals from wastes and dead organisms, and returns important materials to the soil and water
- 18. an animal that feeds on both animal and vegetable substances
- 20. the condition of living or the state of being alive
Down
- 1. a carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms
- 4. The number of organisms in an area exceeds the capacity of the environment to support life at a decent standard of living.
- 6. the exchange of gases between your body and the air
- 7. organism that obtains energy by eating animals
- 8. organism that can capture energy from sunlight or chemicals and use it to produce food from inorganic compounds; also called an autotroph
- 9. to act on or affect one another
- 11. To grow very well; improve physically
- 13. living and nonliving things in an environment, together with their interactions
- 16. relying on another, looked after by someone else
- 17. pass from physical life and lose all all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
- 19. things that do not need food, water and air and do not grow