Ecosystems and Habitat Review Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• biotic : all the living factors in an ecosystem
• ecology : the study of how living things interact with each other and their environment
• abiotic : all the nonliving factors in an ecosystem
• producers : plants that make their own food through photosynthesis
• generalists : animals that can survive using many different types of food
• habitat : the place in an ecosystem where an animal lives
• consumers : animals that must eat other organisms to get food
• biosphere : the planet earth
• ecosystem : living things together with climate and other nonliving things
• organism : a single living thing
• community : all the different kinds of living things together in an ecosystem
• niche : the role, or job of an organism in an ecosystem
• specialists : animals that can only survive with one specific type of food source
• population : all the members of the same type of species in an ecosystem