Grade 7 EcoSampling

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