Ecosystem - Terms you should know!!!

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Across
  1. 2. an organism that lives in or on an organism of another species (its host) and benefits by deriving nutrients at the other's expense.
  2. 5. organisms that break down dead or decaying organisms;
  3. 9. an animal that naturally kills or hunts another organism for its nutrition.
  4. 10. an animal that feeds on carrion, dead plant material, or refuse.
Down
  1. 1. relating to or resulting from living organisms.
  2. 3. physical rather than biological; not derived from living organisms.
  3. 4. - a plant, fungus, or microorganism that lives on dead or decaying organic matter.
  4. 6. an organism that feeds on plants or other animals for energy.
  5. 7. An autotrophic organism that serves as a source of food for other organisms in a food chain.
  6. 8. an animal that is hunted and killed by another for food.