Living connections
Easy · Original draft · Review pending · Criss-cross style
Living connections
Eight clues about ecological groups, places and food-web roles.
Fungus or bacterium that breaks down dead organic matter (10)
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About this ecology crossword
Three Across answers cross five Down answers about groups of living things, their surroundings and food-web roles. This 11×12 criss-cross distinguishes one-species groups from mixed communities, and living places from ecological roles. Some letters have no crossing word; compare each definition with the crossing letters. The printable answer key belongs to this standalone vocabulary practice grid.
11 × 12 grid · 8 clues · Criss-cross style
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Living connections
Easy · 11 × 12 · ClueFill · Unreviewed original draft
Across
1. Fungus or bacterium that breaks down dead organic matter (10)
3. Members of one species living in the same area (10)
8. Interacting populations of different species in one area (9)
Down
2. Living things and their nonliving surroundings interacting as a unit (9)
4. An organism's ecological role and way of using resources (5)
5. Organism that makes organic food from nonliving inputs (8)
6. Food-web member that feeds on other organisms (8)
7. Place where an organism normally lives (7)