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