ecology term crossword

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Across
  1. 3. living things within an ecosystem
  2. 5. animals that eat plants as part of or as their entire diet
  3. 6. an organism that cannot produce its own food, usually taking nutrition from other organisms
  4. 7. top of the food chain animals that don't have any natural predators
  5. 10. an organism that mostly feeds on plants
  6. 11. a non-living part of an ecosystem that shapes its environment
  7. 12. an organism that eats meat or animal flesh
Down
  1. 1. organisms that break down dead organic matter
  2. 2. an animal that mostly eats primary consumers
  3. 4. an organism that can produce its own food
  4. 8. an organism that eats both plants and animals
  5. 9. an organism that makes its own food