Across
- 5. requiring complex organic compounds of nitrogen and carbon (such as that obtained from plant or animal matter) for metabolic synthesis
- 6. a habitat supplying the factors necessary for the existence of an organism or species
- 9. group of organisms linked in order of the food they eat, from producers to consumers, and from prey, predators, scavengers, and decomposers.
- 10. organism that breaks down dead organic material; also sometimes referred to as detritivores
- 11. a living thing, such as an animal or plant, that influences or affects an ecosystem
- 14. requiring only carbon dioxide or carbonates as a source of carbon and a simple inorganic nitrogen compound for metabolic synthesis of organic molecules
- 15. organism on the food chain that depends on autotrophs (producers) or other consumers for food, nutrition, and energy.
Down
- 1. all related food chains in an ecosystem. Also called a food cycle.
- 2. organism that eats a variety of organisms, including plants, animals, and fungi.
- 3. a non-living part of an ecosystem that shapes its environment
- 4. an organism that typically feeds on refuse or carrion
- 7. an autotrophic organism viewed as a source of biomass that can be consumed by other organisms
- 8. organism that eats mainly plants and other producers.
- 12. organism that eats meat.
- 13. the place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows