Ecology Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST: organism: an individual living thing composed of one or more cells, food web: the overlapping of food chains in an ecosystem, food chain: energy links between different organisms in an ecosystem, biome: a major ecological community occupying a large geographic region, decomposer: organism that breaks down chemical compounds made by living things, producer: organism that can produce their own food through the process of photosynthesis, ecosystem: a community of organisms in an environment, biosphere: the part of the earth in which life can exist, omnivore: organism that consumes both plant and animal tissue, ecology : the study of the relationships and interactions of living things with their environment, competition: the interaction between two organisms that require the same resource, predator: animals that hunt for other living animals, community: all living components of an ecosystem, consumer: organism that must obtain nutrients and energy from eating other organisms, population: a group of organisms of the same species living in an ecosystem, prey: the animal hunted by other animals, habitat: the place organisms live, species: very similar organism that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring, extinction: the complete destruction of every member of a species, herbivore: organism that consumes only plant tissue