ecosystem crossword

2. An example of a predator.
3. All the organisms of the same kind that live together in a given way.
6. parts of an ecosystem: ________ parts of an ecosystem are rock,soil,sand,sunlight,and water.
7. A living thing that cannot make its own food and must eat other living things.
9. Is a necessary part of the food chain because it allows all parts of the food chain to use power to work.
10. Ecosystem: All the parts of the ecosystem that come together to help each other thrive.
13. The word for leftover food in the food chain
15. A kind of decomposer that you sometimes eat.
17. Organisms that make their own food.
18. Web: The natural interconnection of food chains
19. A dry, often sandy area, where hardly any plants grow because there is so little rain.
21. An organism that breaks down dead plants and animals.
22. The role that a plant or animal plays in its habitat.
24. The most important source of energy in an ecosystem.
26. _______get their energy from eating meat or other animals.f
27. An area of land that mostly contains grassland has little rain.
29. An animal or other organism that hunts and kills other organisms primarily for food.
30. Chain: The order in which organisms, or living things, depend on each other for food.

1. forest: An area with tall trees, warm climates, and a lot of rain.
4. parts of an ecosystem:______ parts of an ecosystem grow, change, produce waste, reproduce, and die. Some examples are plants, animals, fungi, and bacteria.
5. __________get their energy by eating plants and other animals.
8. A community of organisms and the environment in which they live.
11. All of the living and nonliving things that surround and affect an organism.
12. The process in which green plants use sunlight to make their own food.
14. An animal that is hunted and killed by a predator for food.
16. get their energy by eating plants.
20. A large, barren region with no trees.
23. The specific place where an organism lives and can find everything it needs to survive.
25. Ecosystem: When something disturbs nature’s normal workings.
28. The living things inside of an ecosystem.