Chapter 5 - Survival in Ecosystems

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Across
  1. 2. a characteristic than an organism develops due to its environment
  2. 4. living thing that makes offspring
  3. 6. an organism that gets its energy by breaking down dead plant and animal materials
  4. 7. a trait that can be passed from parent to offspring
  5. 11. made of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem
  6. 14. any harmful substance that affects Earth's environments
  7. 15. an organism that uses energy from the Sun to make food
  8. 16. a behavior that an animal does not have to learn
Down
  1. 1. species a type of plant or animal species that is not native to the ecosystems
  2. 3. the fight for limited resources
  3. 5. trait describes how living things act
  4. 8. an animal that hunts other animals for food
  5. 9. the child or young of a particular human, animal, or plant
  6. 10. living thing
  7. 12. an organism that cannot make its own food
  8. 13. a type of behavior that involves no thought or decision
  9. 15. an animal that is eaten by other animals