Across
- 2. - components refers to the nonliving factors in the ecosystem.
- 6. - all living things and nonliving things in a given area.
- 7. PYRAMID - shows the amount of energy at each trophic level.
- 9. - a process by which dead bodies of plants and animals are acted upon by microorganisms.
- 10. WEB - consists of several interlocking food chains.
- 11. - organism that cannot manufacture its own food.
- 12. - organism that can produce its own food.
- 15. - animals; obtain their food from plants or other animals.
- 16. - animals that eat other animals only.
- 17. PYRAMID - shows that the biomass of an ecosystem decreases at each level of the food chain.
Down
- 1. LEVEL - position occupied by the organism in a food chain.
- 3. - animals that eat both plants and animals
- 4. - process of manufacturing food by green plants in the presence of sunlight.
- 5. - animals that eat plants only.
- 7. - sum of all external forces and conditions acting on an organism or a community of organisms.
- 8. - green plants
- 9. - organism which breaks down nonliving organic material.
- 13. - kid of organism.
- 14. - components composed of the living factors in the ecosystem.
