Ecosystems

6. the process by which plants use sunglight to create food
7. a group of people with common characteristics living together within a larger society
12. an organism that creates its own food
13. a non-living part of an ecosystem that shapes the environment
15. a living organism that eats other living organism to produce energy
16. an organism that breaks down dead organic matters

1. a model that shows the flow of energy from one trophic to another in an ecosystem
2. the number of inhabitants in a particular place
3. the food chains in a single ecosystem
4. a living organism that shapes its environment
5. the act of breathing
8. selecting the group you will collect data from in your research
9. a community of living organisms in an area
10. the relationship between two living organisms in which one benefits from the expense of others
11. level the position of an organism in the food chain
14. the preying of one animal on others