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