Ecosystem Crossword

2. An organism that feeds on and breaks down dead plant or animal matter
4. A group of the same species living in the same area
6. An organism that lives on or in a host and causes harm to the host
7. An animal that hunts other animals for food
9. Any living biological entity, such as an animal, plant, fungus, or bacterium
10. An organism that creates its own food or energy
13. Web A community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains
15. A process used by plants and other autotrophs to capture light and energy and use it to power chemical reactions that convert carbon dioxide and water into oxygen and energy-rich carbohydrates, such as sugars and starches.
16. An organism that mostly feeds on plants.
19. Factors A living organism that shapes its environment
21. Consumer Organisms that feed on producers
22. An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism
23. An organism that mostly eats meat, or the flesh of animals
24. An organism that eats both plants and animals

1. Factors A non-living part of an ecosystem that shapes its environment
3. Capacity The maximum population size of a biological species that can be sustained by that specific environment
5. Consumer A carnivore at the topmost level in a food chain that feeds on other carnivores
8. Webs All the food chains in a single ecosystem
11. The direct or indirect interaction of organisms that leads to a change in fitness when the organisms share the same resource
12. The physical, chemical, and biotic factors that act upon an organism or an ecological community
13. Chains A linear sequence of organisms through which nutrients and energy pass as one organism eats another
14. Chain A community of organisms where each member is eaten in turn by another member
17. A geographic area where plants, animals, and other organisms, as well as weather and landscape, work together to form a bubble of life
18. Factor Anything that constrains a population's size and slows or stops it from growing
20. A group of organisms that can reproduce with one another in nature and produce fertile offspring