Across
- 2. an organism that can produce its own food using light, water, carbon dioxide, or other chemicals
- 6. an organism that eats both plants and animals
- 8. the order of events in an ecosystem, where one living organism eats another organism, and later that organism is consumed by another larger organism
- 11. An organism, often a bacterium, fungus, or invertebrate that feeds on and breaks down dead plant or animal matter, making organic nutrients available to the ecosystem.
- 13. An individual form of life
- 15. a complex network of interconnecting and overlapping food chains showing feeding relationships within a community
- 16. any small organism closely associated with, and harmful to, a larger organism
- 18. nonliving things that shape an environment
- 20. A community plus the nonliving factors
- 21. Branch of biology that studies how living organisms interact with each other and their environment.
- 23. animals that are killed and eaten by other animals
- 24. an organism that mostly feeds on plants
Down
- 1. the position of an organism in the food chain
- 3. Part of Earth that contains all living things
- 4. organisms that consume other organisms to obtain their energy
- 5. any living creature that knowingly or unknowingly shelters another organism on or within its own body.
- 7. an organism that mostly feeds on meat, or the flesh of other animals
- 9. an organism that eats other plants or animals for energy and nutrients
- 10. an organism that consumes all or part of the body of another—living or recently killed—organism, which is its prey
- 12. living things that shape an environment
- 14. an organism that mostly consumes decaying biomass, such as meat or rotting plant material
- 17. the natural home or environment of a plant, animal, or other organism
- 19. a group of species that are commonly found together
- 22. organisms that can make their own food in an ecosystem
- 23. Group of the same species living in the same area at the same time