Ecosystems Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. a group of organisms of the same species that live in the same area
  2. 4. organisms that break down wastes and dead organisms and return nutrients to the environment
  3. 5. series of steps in an ecosystem in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten
  4. 7. An organism that can make its own food.
  5. 8. Any living part of the environment with which an organism might interact
  6. 10. Biome near the equator with warm temperatures, wet weather, and lush plant growth
  7. 11. organism that obtains energy by eating both plants and animals
  8. 15. Biome in which the winters are cold but summers are mild enough to allow the ground to thaw
  9. 18. covering formed by the leafy tops of tall rain forest trees
  10. 23. Shows the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another in a food web
  11. 25. An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms
  12. 26. organism that obtains energy by eating animals
  13. 27. all the living and non-living things in an enviroment, including their interactions with each other
Down
  1. 1. The lowest level of the forest, containing herbaceous plants, fungi, leaf litter, and soil.
  2. 3. A biome with four seasons, plants shed leaves in the fall and grow new ones in the spring.
  3. 6. the struggle between organisms to survive in a habitat with limited resources such as food and water
  4. 9. A community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains
  5. 12. A habitat in which the fresh water of a river meets the salt water of the ocean.
  6. 13. A layer of shorter plants that grow in the shade of a forest canopy.
  7. 14. the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism.
  8. 16. Abiotic factors are the non-living parts of an organism's habitat
  9. 17. An extremely cold, dry biome without trees.
  10. 19. A biome where grasses are the main plant life
  11. 20. A group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other
  12. 21. organism that obtains energy by eating only plants
  13. 22. A group of ecosystems that share similar climates and typical organisms
  14. 24. An extremely dry area with little water and few plants