Chapter 3 Vocabulary Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. The interactions among living things and the nonliving things in their environment
  2. 4. A group of different species that live in the same area
  3. 6. An organism that feeds on other organisms
  4. 11. An animal that eats other animals (meat)
  5. 12. An organism that hunts and feeds on other consumers
  6. 13. The role an organism plays in an ecosystem; an organism’s way of life
  7. 14. An animal that feeds on dead animals
  8. 15. An herbivore that feeds on plants
  9. 17. A living part of the environment
  10. 19. An organism that breaks down dead organisms and other organic waste
Down
  1. 1. A consumer that is eaten by another organism
  2. 3. Colors, patterns, or behaviors that help organisms hide in their surroundings
  3. 5. A group of organisms of the same species that live in the same area
  4. 7. A nonliving part of the environment
  5. 8. The feeding order of organisms in a community
  6. 9. An animal that eats both plants and animals
  7. 10. An animal that eats only plants
  8. 15. An organism that makes its own food
  9. 16. A green pigment that absorbs sunlight
  10. 18. All the food chains in a community that are linked together