Organisms and their Environment

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Across
  1. 4. organisms that cannot make their own food and eat plant and animal matter
  2. 11. the total amount of water on a planet
  3. 13. a key term in the study of organisms in their habitats
  4. 17. heat and pressure turns organic material into this after millions of years
  5. 19. layers of gases surrounding a planet
  6. 21. each feeding level of a food chain
  7. 24. organisms that consume other organisms to obtain energy
  8. 25. shows 'who eats what' in a habitat
  9. 26. organisms that feed on decaying, non-living organic matter using external digestion
  10. 27. organisms that get their energy from eating both plant and animal matter
  11. 28. organisms that digest or decay dead plant or animal material
  12. 30. a living component of an ecosystem
Down
  1. 1. organisms that eat meat
  2. 2. the only planet known to have life on it
  3. 3. the permanent destruction of large areas of forests and woodlands
  4. 5. the external surroundings including all of the biotic and abiotic factors that surrounds and affects the survival and development of an organism or population
  5. 6. the mass of living material
  6. 7. all different species of organisms that form the food web
  7. 8. the study of animals in their habitats
  8. 9. a group of organisms of the same species that live in the same environment at the same time
  9. 10. graphical representation showing biomass or bio productivity at each trophic in an ecosystem
  10. 12. food chains linked together
  11. 14. burning fossil fuels into the air as carbon dioxide
  12. 15. organisms that can make their own food
  13. 16. the non-living part of an ecosystem that shapes its environment
  14. 18. organisms that consume plant matter
  15. 20. a community of organisms and their environment in an area that interacts together
  16. 22. a group of organisms that share many features and can produce fertile offspring
  17. 23. an individual animal, plant, or. single-celled life form
  18. 29. organisms that have the ability to make their own food