Ecosystems

1. Average weather of an area over a long period of time
5. Consumers that don’t usually kill for their food, but feed off the remains of living things killed by other consumers
9. The magnification or build-up of toxins in a food chain as you get higher in the food chain.
10. Consumers that break down animal waste and dead plants and animals
12. When a species no longer lives anywhere on Earth.
13. A large area that is home to many ecosystems
14. A large area of the earth with similar climate, vegetations, soils and life forms
18. Eat both plants and animals
19. Are often second or third level consumers and obtain energy by eating other organisms.
22. Are animals and get their energy from producers or other animals that eat producers.
23. The role of an organism in a food chain

2. Species that do not normally live in a certain area.
3. A single living thing
4. Consumers that get their energy from plants
6. Build-up of toxins in an organism over time
7. A group of the same species
8. Animals that eat other animals
9. The variety of organisms in an ecosystem
11. The movement of energy, starting from the Sum, and passing from one organism to the next.
15. When groups of populations live together in the same ecosystem
16. The living components of an ecosystem
17. Conditions the atmosphere of an area over a short period of time
19. Green plants that make their own food using energy from the sun
20. The non-living components of an ecosystem
21. Refers to an organism that is eaten by another organism.