Plants and Animals Vocabulary Crossword

An organism that must photosynthesize in order to make its own food.
An organism that must eat other things to survive and use energy to function
A community of organisms surrounded by a physical environment
Any ecosystem that is located only on land with a lower availability of water
Any ecosystem that is contained in a body of water (freshwater or saltwater)
Relationships among different organisms in an ecosystem
Forest characterized by precipitation and deciduous trees (lose their leaves in winter)
A dense tropical forest characterized by high precipitation and biodiversity
A grassy flatland in warm regions with few trees
Water that is free of salts; found in ecosystems such as lakes, ponds and rivers.
Water that contains dissolved salts and minerals found in marine habitats
Aquatic ecosystem characterized by salt water; covers nearly ¾ of the planet.
A measure of the amount of dissolved salts in a solution
Runs along a shoreline and is under shallow water (before the deep ocean begins); high diversity
Small organisms that drift in the oceans and other bodies of water; large food source