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Across 3. The word used in geography for where something is found and how it is spread across a place. 8. A large carnivore found in the cold Arctic. 9. The constant process of of nutrients from dead plants and animals being broken down and made available again for the growth of other plants and animals. 11. The term given to a large scale global ecosystem. 12. An animal that eats other animals. e.g. a Tiger 14. The features that organisms have that enable them to live successfully in any particular part of the world. 17. Organisms such as bacteria or worms that break down plant and animal material to return nutrients into use. 19. An animal that eats plants. e.g. a Sheep 20. The process of plants absorbing sunlight and using it, along with water and CO2, to create its own energy. 21. Plants, which create their own food from the energy of the sun, are called this. 23. The non-living components of an ecosystem such as water and air. 24. An animal that eats both plants and other animals e.g. a Pig 25. An example of a decomposer.

Down 1. This biome is found around the Equator and between the Tropics. 2. It is the largest desert, found in North Africa. 4. This ecosystem is mostly found around 30 degrees north and south of the Equator. 5. A natural environment that is home to species of plants and animals. 6. A cold, fragile biome found in places like Canada and Scandinavia, that is frozen for much of the year. 7. The living parts of an ecosystem such as plants and animals. 10. A community of plants and animals that interact with each other and the non-living environment. 13. A complex diagram that shows all the connections between producers and consumers. 15. The type of biome that England is in that contains broad leaved trees that shed their leaves in winter. 16. A diagram that shows the flow of energy as it has what eats what organised in a simple line 18. An organism that gets its food and energy from eating plants and/or animals. 22. It is the largest rainforest.