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Crossword Puzzle (20 points)
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Food Chain:Organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten
Herbivore:Eats plants
Weather:Day-to-day conditions
Plankton:Tiny, free-floating organisms
Producer:Also called an autotroph
Heterotroph:Also called a consumer
Predation:One organism captures and feeds on another organism
Species:Similar organisms that can breed together
Omnivore:Eats plants and animals
Climate:Year-after-Year conditions
Benthos:Organisms that live near or attached to the bottom of the ocean
Estuaries:Wetlands formed where rivers meet the sea
Autotroph:Also called a producer
Nutrient:Chemical substance an orgasnism needs in order to live
Niche:Physical and biological conditions in which an organism lives
Biosphere:All life exists on this part of Earth
Taiga:Another name for boreal forests
Food Web:Links all the food chains in an ecosystem together
Mutualism:Both benefit
Wetland:Ecosystem is which water covers the soil
Resource:Any necessity of life
Parasitism:One benefits, the other is harmed
Consumer:Also called a heterotroph
Biomass:Total amount of living tissue
Carnivore:Eats meat
Habitat:The area where an organism lives
Symbiosis:Two species live closely together
Commensalism:One benefits, the other is not affected
Detritivore:Feed on plant and animal remains
Decomposer:Breaks down dead organic matter
Crossword Puzzle (20 points)
Across:2. | Any necessity of life | 5. | Year-after-Year conditions | 8. | Chemical substance an orgasnism needs in order to live | 9. | Day-to-day conditions | 10. | Total amount of living tissue | 13. | Also called a heterotroph |
| 18. | Another name for boreal forests | 19. | One benefits, the other is not affected | 21. | Also called an autotroph | 23. | Wetlands formed where rivers meet the sea | 25. | Physical and biological conditions in which an organism lives | 26. | The area where an organism lives |
| | Down:1. | Links all the food chains in an ecosystem together | 3. | Two species live closely together | 4. | Organisms that live near or attached to the bottom of the ocean | 6. | Feed on plant and animal remains | 7. | Breaks down dead organic matter | 11. | One benefits, the other is harmed | 12. | Ecosystem is which water covers the soil | 14. | All life exists on this part of Earth |
| 15. | Tiny, free-floating organisms | 16. | Eats plants and animals | 17. | Both benefit | 20. | Also called a consumer | 21. | One organism captures and feeds on another organism | 22. | Eats meat | 24. | Similar organisms that can breed together |
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Crossword Puzzle (20 points)
Across:2. | Any necessity of life | 5. | Year-after-Year conditions | 8. | Chemical substance an orgasnism needs in order to live | 9. | Day-to-day conditions | 10. | Total amount of living tissue | 13. | Also called a heterotroph |
| 18. | Another name for boreal forests | 19. | One benefits, the other is not affected | 21. | Also called an autotroph | 23. | Wetlands formed where rivers meet the sea | 25. | Physical and biological conditions in which an organism lives | 26. | The area where an organism lives |
| | Down:1. | Links all the food chains in an ecosystem together | 3. | Two species live closely together | 4. | Organisms that live near or attached to the bottom of the ocean | 6. | Feed on plant and animal remains | 7. | Breaks down dead organic matter | 11. | One benefits, the other is harmed | 12. | Ecosystem is which water covers the soil | 14. | All life exists on this part of Earth |
| 15. | Tiny, free-floating organisms | 16. | Eats plants and animals | 17. | Both benefit | 20. | Also called a consumer | 21. | One organism captures and feeds on another organism | 22. | Eats meat | 24. | Similar organisms that can breed together |
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