Ecosystems by Talia Klein

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Across
  1. 4. process how plants get their energy, also the theme of this puzzle
  2. 5. animals or plants in a foodweb; the order of food
  3. 7. Plant AND meat eater
  4. 9. global ecosystem - all around the world!
  5. 10. animals that eat dead organic matter-yuck!
  6. 12. living matter that creates energy
  7. 15. Non-living thing
  8. 17. the trip carbon takes from earth to atmosphere
  9. 22. the place where animals and plants live
  10. 23. bubbles of life used by plants and animals, theme of this puzzle
  11. 24. Another word for 3 down; lichen, algae, etc
  12. 25. organism that makes its own food
  13. 28. the effect we have on the environment (hint: it's not always in a good way!)
Down
  1. 1. non-native species that invades an ecosystem
  2. 2. small rodents aka meadow mice
  3. 3. Flower that hasn't been planted, name of a song by 5 Seconds of Summer
  4. 6. organism that eats plants or animals for energy
  5. 8. animal that preys on others
  6. 11. Nocturnal, large-headed bird that gives a hoot
  7. 13. carnivores that eat mice, shed skin, scare moms
  8. 14. Meat eater, sometimes called a predator
  9. 16. Power! Can be conserved or exerted
  10. 18. Living thing
  11. 19. a food ____ is the order that things depend on each other for food
  12. 20. consumer that eats the dead (not zombies)
  13. 21. Organism that can't make its own food, like me in the kitchen
  14. 26. danger to animals, something my mom gives
  15. 27. plant eater, vegan of the ecosystem