Ecosystems

3. a cold, treeless biome of the far north
9. a small body of freshwater
12. describes soil or land that is rich in the nutrients needed to sustain the growth of healthy plants
13. the area in which an organism live
16. all the populations living in an area
19. a tropical forest with heavy rain and tall trees that prevent much sunlight reaching the ground
21. any animal that eats plants or eats other plant-eating animals
23. The nonliving parts of an ecosystem.
24. energy source
25. a living thing that is hunted for food
26. organisms that float on the water in aquatic ecosystems
27. A large body of salt water. The deeper the water the less light and more pressure
28. a sandy or rocky biome, with little precipitation and little plant life
30. an animal that eats only plants
31. a biome where grasses and small shrubs are the main plant life. Prairie and Savannas

1. all the organisms of one species that live in an area at the same time
2. an animal that eats both plants and animals
4. living in water
5. the average weather pattern of a region
6. any of the fungi or bacteria that break down dead plants and animals into nutrients for the soil
7. A large, somewhat deep freshwater aquatic ecosystem
8. all of the living parts of an ecosystem.
10. forest a biome with many kinds of trees that have all 4 seasons (WE LIVE HERE)
11. an animal that eats other animals
12. the overlapping food chains in an ecosystem
14. living or growing on land
15. the path of the energy from one organism to another
17. the role an organism has in its ecosystem
18. a living thing that hunts other living things for food
20. the food-making process in green plants that uses sunlight
22. all the living and nonliving things in an environment, including their interactions with each other
29. the wide lower course of a river where the tide flows in, causing fresh and salt water to mix