Across
- 6. a ridge or mound in warm shallow ocean waters formed by skeletons of tiny sea animals called polyps
- 7. an ecosystem with a lot of precipitation
- 10. relationship between 2 organisms that help one or both
- 12. struggle among organisms to get what they need to survive.
- 14. an animal that only eats meat
- 16. waste,materials that are harmful to people and other organisms
- 19. slow change over time from one community of organisms to another.
- 21. area of a rainforest below the canopy
- 22. a living thing that breaks down and can make its own food
- 23. ecosystem that receives very little precipitation
- 25. a home for living and non living things
Down
- 1. animal that eats both plants and meat
- 2. chain,the transfer of energy from 1 living thing to another
- 3. process in which a sperm cell and an egg cell come together
- 4. organism that provides food and shelter for other living organism
- 5. organism that harms the host it is on or in
- 8. the weather and conditions of a certain place or region
- 9. living thing that makes food for itself
- 11. web a system of overlapping food chains where energy flows through many branches
- 13. ,a living thing that can't make its own food
- 15. danger of becoming extinct
- 17. a living thing so small that it can only be seen through a microscope
- 18. animal that only eats plants
- 20. top level of a rain forest formed by tree branches,leaves,and vines tangled together
- 24. longer existing
