Relationships in Ecosystems Crossword Puzzle
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QUESTIONS LIST:
- food web: shows how food chains in an ecosystem are linked.
- food chain: part of a food web, starting with a producer, ending with a top predator.
- ecosystem: the living things in a given area and their non-living environment.
- producer: green plant or algae that makes its own food using sunlight.
- consumer: animal that eats other animals or plants.
- decomposer: organism that breaks down dead plant and animal material so nutrients can be recycled back to the soil or water
- interdependence: how different organisms in an ecosystem rely on each other.
- predator: an animal that hunts and eats other animals.
- prey: an animal that is hunted and eaten by a predator.
- population: the number of individuals of one species in an area.
