Ecosystems

4. Organisms that get energy by eating other organisms.
5. Animals that eat other animals.
7. Chain The transfer of food energy between organisms in an ecosystem.
8. A trait or characteristic that helps an organism survive.
10. Living things in the environment.
11. Animals that eat both plants and animals.
12. Organisms that make their own food.
13. All the living and nonliving things that surround and affect an organism.
15. Animals that are hunted by predators.
17. A living thing that gets energy by breaking down dead organisms.
19. Behaviors that an organism inherits and knows how to do without being taught.

1. Nonliving things in the environment.
2. Animals that hunt and eat other animals.
3. Organisms that only eat plants and plant products.
6. A community of organisms and the environment in which they live.
9. Process that allows plants make food.
14. Pyramid A diagram that shows how much energy is passed from one organism to the next at each level in the food chain.
16. All the organisms of the same kind that live together in an ecosystem.
18. A group of organisms that live in the same area and interact with each other.