Marine Food Webs

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Across
  1. 1. An animal that eats plants or other animals.
  2. 6. When too many fish are caught, causing their numbers to decrease.
  3. 7. Tiny shrimp-like creatures eaten by whales.
  4. 8. Any living thing, big or small.
  5. 10. This can harm animals when it gets into oceans or land.
  6. 11. Breaks down dead things in nature.
  7. 13. An animal that hunts and eats other animals.
  8. 17. A simple drawing that explains something.
  9. 18. What plants get from the sun to grow.
  10. 19. An animal that eats dead or decaying animals.
  11. 20. Anything related to the ocean or sea.
Down
  1. 2. So small it can only be seen with a microscope.
  2. 3. Tiny ocean creatures that float and are eaten by fish.
  3. 4. Tiny animals in the ocean that are eaten by larger animals.
  4. 5. Each organism in an ecosystem __ each other to survive.
  5. 9. Plants that make their own food are called this.
  6. 12. Tiny ocean plants that make food using sunlight.
  7. 14. Shows how animals and plants are connected by what they eat.
  8. 15. Tiny living things that break down dead plants and animals.
  9. 16. When an ecosystem has the right amount of plants, animals, and bacteria.