Interactions in the Environment
Across
- 4. Organisms that obtain their food by consuming other organisms
- 10. Organisms that break down dead or decaying organisms
- 11. Organisms that make their own food using sunlight
- 15. The variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat
- 16. Non-living components of an ecosystem
- 17. A dense forest rich in biodiversity, found typically in tropical areas
Down
- 1. Organisms that eat both plants and animals
- 2. Organisms that produce their own food from inorganic substances
- 3. Organisms that eat other organisms for energy
- 5. An organism that eats only plants
- 6. Organisms that feed on dead organic material
- 7. A series of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food
- 8. A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment
- 9. An organism that eats only animals
- 10. A dry, barren area of land with little precipitation
- 12. Primary source of energy for most ecosystems
- 13. A cold, treeless region with low biodiversity
- 14. Living components of an ecosystem