habitats

2. plants which make their own food from the energy from the sun
4. eat only plants
5. all the different species that live in a particular ecosyystem
8. eat things that have already died
9. animals that a predator hunts
10. help break down dead things and wastes
14. the plant or animal that a parasite lives on or in
16. transfer of energy and nutrients through a community
18. eat plants and animals
19. basic knowledge and skills that are needed for survival that are inherited not learned
21. when two or more organisms are trying to use the same resources
22. when two species interact with each other over a long period of time
25. when an animal shuts down for the winter to save energy and resources
27. place to live

1. any special characteristics or skills that help a living thing surviving in its environment
3. available supplies
6. any animal that hunts and eats other animals
7. to blend in with the environment
9. any organism that lives on or inside another organism and takes food from that organism
11. all the organisms of the same species that live in an ecosystem
12. a group of animals leaves one ecosystem and moves to another ecosystem
13. nonliving part of an ecosystem including the soil, water, sunlight, temperature, and air
15. eat only other consumers
17. all the living organisms and their environment in a certain section of the earth
20. living things that depend on producers for food
23. each living member of an ecosystem
24. several food chains linked together
26. an organism's specific function or job in the ecosystem