Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 5. requiring complex organic compounds of nitrogen and carbon (such as that obtained from plant or animal matter) for metabolic synthesis
  2. 6. a habitat supplying the factors necessary for the existence of an organism or species
  3. 9. group of organisms linked in order of the food they eat, from producers to consumers, and from prey, predators, scavengers, and decomposers.
  4. 10. organism that breaks down dead organic material; also sometimes referred to as detritivores
  5. 11. a living thing, such as an animal or plant, that influences or affects an ecosystem
  6. 14. requiring only carbon dioxide or carbonates as a source of carbon and a simple inorganic nitrogen compound for metabolic synthesis of organic molecules
  7. 15. organism on the food chain that depends on autotrophs (producers) or other consumers for food, nutrition, and energy.
Down
  1. 1. all related food chains in an ecosystem. Also called a food cycle.
  2. 2. organism that eats a variety of organisms, including plants, animals, and fungi.
  3. 3. a non-living part of an ecosystem that shapes its environment
  4. 4. an organism that typically feeds on refuse or carrion
  5. 7. an autotrophic organism viewed as a source of biomass that can be consumed by other organisms
  6. 8. organism that eats mainly plants and other producers.
  7. 12. organism that eats meat.
  8. 13. the place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows