Grade 7 EcoSampling

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Across
  1. 2. A region of land with characteristic climate, soil and organisms
  2. 3. An animal that eats only plants
  3. 4. A group of different populations interacting in an ecosystem
  4. 5. Plants that use energy from the sun to make nutrients they need to survive
  5. 8. The solid mineral material, in the biosphere, on Earth.
  6. 10. All the organisms living in a particular area, as well as all the nonliving, physical components of the environment with which they interact.
  7. 13. A group of organisms of the same species in an ecosystem
  8. 15. An organism that eats dead or decaying plant or animal material
  9. 18. An animal that hunts other animals for food
  10. 19. An animal that eats other animals and plant material
Down
  1. 1. A non living factor in an ecosystem
  2. 3. The water, in the biosphere, on Earth
  3. 6. The air, in the biosphere, that surrounds Earth
  4. 7. Organisms that break down the cells of dead or waste materials and absorb their nutrients
  5. 9. A single living thing
  6. 11. An animal that eats only other animals
  7. 12. The areas on and around Earth that can sustain life
  8. 14. A living organism
  9. 16. Organisms that eat food made by producers
  10. 17. The role of an organism in an ecosystem