Unit 2 Vocabulary Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. non-living factor
  2. 6. an organism that breaks down dead plant and animal matter into simpler compounds
  3. 8. any material made by plants and animals that we can convert into energy
  4. 10. group of organisms of the same species that live in the same area
  5. 12. a consumer that feeds on other animals
  6. 13. a region of earth that has a particular climate, and certain types of plants
  7. 14. feeds on plants or algae
  8. 15. describe the relationship between a producer and a single chain of consumers in an ecosystem
  9. 17. an animal that eats another
  10. 20. the Biotic (living) and Abiotic (non-living) factors in a particular environment - they are smaller than biomes
  11. 24. ONE species benefits and the other is not affected in any way
  12. 25. BOTH species benefit from the relationship
  13. 26. an animal that is eaten by a predator
Down
  1. 1. eats both plants and animals
  2. 2. the relationship between individuals of 2 different species who live together in a close relationship
  3. 4. CYCLE Carbon is absorbed by plants, then consumed by animals, then released back into the atmosphere when the animals or plants decompose.
  4. 5. an organism that captures energy from sunlight and changes it into chemical energy
  5. 7. CYCLE evaporation, condensation, precipitation and collection
  6. 9. CYCLE made up of the processes that move nitrogen between the air, soil, animals, humans and plants
  7. 11. one species benefits while the other specifies is harmed
  8. 13. the part of the earth and atmosphere in which living things exist
  9. 16. shows feeding relationships between many different consumers and producers (multiple food chains together)
  10. 18. living factor
  11. 19. the organism that is harmed in a parasitic relationship
  12. 21. an organism that gets its energy by eating or consuming other organisms- feeds on both plants and animals
  13. 22. a consumer that feeds on dead animals
  14. 23. all the populations that live and interact with each other in a particular place