Ecosystems 1

2. any of the animals that eats other organisms for energy
5. group of the same kind/species of an organism
6. one organism
8. the process in which plants use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to create their own food (energy)
10. overlapping/interconnected food chains in an ecosystem
12. animals that eat both plants and animals for energy
13. animals that eat producers (plants) for energy
15. factors living things
16. a path of energy transfer from one organism to another
17. ecosystems on land
18. the area in which an organism/individual lives

1. an organism's role/job in an ecosystem
2. animals that eat other animals for energy
3. all of the populations living in an area
4. a cool, forest biome of conifers in the upper Northern Hemisphere in between the tundra and deciduous forest
7. one of Earth's large ecosystems with its own kind of climate, soil, plants, and animals
8. organisms (plants) that make their own food through photosynthesis
9. factors nonliving things
11. organisms (Fungi, Bacteria, or Insects i.e. FBI and worms) that break down dead plants and animals and returns them to the soil
14. biotic and abiotic factors living in an area
17. a cold, treeless biome of the far arctic north, with permafrost