Relationships in Ecosystems Crossword Puzzle

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.