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