Ecosystem Crossword Puzzle

4. A group of individuals of the same species living together in one place at one time
5. one organism
7. a meat-eating animal
9. an organism that breaks down dead plants and animals, giving nutrients back to the soil (e.g., fungus, bacteria, mold)
10. chain a model showing the energy flow from organism to organism (only shows one thing an animal eats) e.g., grass->grasshopper->robin->cat
13. predator this type of consumer is at the top of the food chain with no other predator
14. no longer existing
15. an animal that eats and hunts others animals
18. a group of closely related organisms that can produce offspring (babies)
19. a plant-eating animal
20. a living thing
22. an animal that eats both animals and plants

1. location where an organism lives
2. a snail is eating dead fish in an aquarium. It is acting as a _________.; an organism that eats dead animal material
3. an organism that gets their energy from consuming producers is called a _________ consumer
4. an animal being hunted, caught, and eaten by another animal
6. an organism that makes their own food; e.g., grass, algae, phytoplankton
8. the animal that eats secondary consumers is called a _________ consumer
10. web a model with many food chains connected/linked together
11. the variety of types of organisms living in an area
12. seriously at risk of going extinct (disappearing)
16. the role of lizard in this food chain: grass->grasshopper->lizard->hawk; _________ consumer
17. a place where living things and non-living things interact
18. plants get their energy from the ______.
21. non-living