Across
- 2. An animal that hunts other animals for food.
- 4. A relationship between two kinds of organisms that benefits one without harming the other.
- 7. An animal that eats another animal.
- 9. factor A living part of an ecosystem.
- 10. An animal that eats plants, algae, and other producers.
- 16. Any animal that eats plants or eats other plant-eating animals.
Down
- 1. Any of the plants and algae that produce oxygen and food that animals need.
- 3. Any of the fungi or bacteria that break down dead plants and animals into useful things like minerals and rich soil.
- 5. A characteristic that enables a living thing to survive in its environment
- 6. All the living things in an ecosystem.
- 8. factor A nonliving part of an ecosystem.
- 11. All the living and nonliving things in an environment, including their interactions with each other.
- 12. Any living thing that can carry out its life on its own.
- 13. A species that has died out completely.
- 14. An animal that eats both plants and animals.
- 15. a living thing that is hunted for food.
