Ecosystems & Organisms Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• ecosystem : a unit consisting of living and nonliving organisms in the environment
• organism : a living thing
• nonliving : abiotic (ex. sunlight, soil, water, oxygen)
• living : biotic (ex. grass, trees, consumers)
• food web : overlapping food chains
• food chain : representation of the flow of energy
• producer : an organism that makes its own food
• consumer : an organism that eats other organisms
• decomposer : responsible for breaking down dead plants and animals
• predator : organisms that hunt and kill other organisms for food
• prey : animals that are eaten by other animals
• carnivore : gets energy by only eating other animals
• herbivore : gets energy by only eating plants
• onmivore : gets energy by eating both plants and animals