Across
- 2. The natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism.
- 5. a complex network of interconnected food chains.
- 7. Organisms that break down dead material and return nutrients to the soil.
- 9. Role or function of an organism in an ecosystem
- 10. the protection and preservation of natural environments.
- 11. Animals that eat both plants and animals.
- 13. The process by which plants make their own food using sunlight.
- 14. living things such as plants, animals, and bacteria
Down
- 1. a gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth's atmosphere
- 2. Animals that eat plants.
- 3. Total mass of organisms in a given area
- 4. Nonliving things such as sunlight, soil, and water.
- 6. non-native species that cause harm to the environment.
- 8. shows how each organism depends on the next for food.
- 12. eat other organisms for energy
