Biodiversity Review Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• biodiversity: variety of life and organisms in a habitat or ecosystem
• genetic diversity: biological variation that occurs within a species
• food web: diagram that shows how organisms are interconnected
• hot spots: locations with a lot of diversity are referred to as these
• food chain: shows how each living thing gets food and how nutrients are passed from species to species
• decomposer: living things that get their energy by breaking down dead plants and animals
• consumer: living things that do not make their own food; they get their energy from eating food
• species: organisms that are able to reproduce with each other and exchange genes are the same _
• producer: living things that make their own food from the sun, water, and soil
• endemic species: can only be found at one specific geographic location (i.e. island)
• community: plants and animals that live together in a habitat form this
• habitat: natural home or environment for a plant