Ecosystem Puzzler

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Across
  1. 3. In the Arctic ecosystem, this creature eats seals
  2. 5. One of the basic needs of an animal
  3. 8. A consumer that eats only plants
  4. 10. A group of organisms
  5. 12. The process that plants use to make food from the sun
  6. 13. An organism that must eat another organism to get energy
  7. 15. The area where an animal lives
  8. 16. A consumer that eats both plants and animals
  9. 20. An animal that hunts another animal
  10. 21. A strategy where an animal blends into its surroundings
  11. 22. The word for when an animal has been completely wiped out
  12. 23. The special role that breaks down the bodies of dead organisms
Down
  1. 1. This is a role in an ecosystem often played by insects, but also sometimes by bats or birds
  2. 2. A consumer that eats only meat
  3. 4. This word means "change to better fit", and it's what animals must do if their environment changes
  4. 6. One kind of diagram that shows the flow of energy
  5. 7. Plants "breathe" in this gas and use it to build themselves up
  6. 9. a system made up of living things and their environment
  7. 11. A different factor that can kill organisms, even the ones at the top of the food chain
  8. 14. An example of a non-living part of an ocean ecosystem
  9. 17. An organism that makes energy from the sun
  10. 18. A factor that can kill organisms, even the ones at the top of the food chain
  11. 19. Consumers eat other organisms to get energy and ______