Ecosystem/Food Chain & Web Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. made up all all living and nonliving things in one place.
  2. 4. place where organisms live.
  3. 9. factor are the living parts of an ecosystem.
  4. 10. break down dead plants and animals into useful things.
  5. 12. an animal that ONLY eats other animals.
  6. 14. study of how all things in an ecosystem interact.
  7. 15. is transfer of matter in the form of energy.
  8. 16. all of the organisms living in the same area.
  9. 18. in a food web __________ die due to lack of food.
  10. 21. multiple food chains linked together.
Down
  1. 1. an animal that ONLY eats plants or algae.
  2. 3. an animal that eats plants and animals.
  3. 5. all of the populations living in an area.
  4. 6. meat eating animal that feeds on the remains of dead animals.
  5. 7. scientists who study ecology.
  6. 8. an animal that hunts other animals for food.
  7. 11. an animal that eats BOTH plants and animals.
  8. 13. produces its own food and creates food and oxygen for animals.
  9. 17. an animal that is hunted for food.
  10. 18. is a food web __________ increases population.
  11. 19. the food chain shows how each living things get __________.
  12. 20. factor is a nonliving part of an ecosystem.