Across
- 4. Diagram showing the flow of energy from producer to consumer.
- 6. Genus and species naming system for organisms (italicized/underlined).
- 7. Community of organisms interacting with their environment.
- 9. Complex network of interconnected food chains in an ecosystem.
- 10. Consumer that depends on producers for energy.
- 13. Organism that makes its own energy through photosynthesis (autotroph).
- 15. Non-living elements affecting an ecosystem.
- 16. Population placed in an environment that causes damage to it.
- 17. Consumer that relies on first order consumers for energy.
Down
- 1. Microorganisms breaking down decaying matter into simpler components.
- 2. Organism relying on others for energy (heterotroph).
- 3. Grouping organisms based on shared characteristics and traits.
- 5. Consumes both plants and animals for sustenance.
- 7. Population at risk of extinction due to low numbers.
- 8. Eats only plants for nutrition.
- 11. Feed on dead organic material in the ecosystem.
- 12. Animal eating other animals for sustenance.
- 13. How plants make energy.
- 14. Living elements influencing an ecosystem.