Ecosystems - Getting Food

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Across
  1. 2. a living thing that is capable of making its own food through chemical reactions
  2. 6. a living thing that eats both plant and animal matter
  3. 9. the shape of teeth that are best suited for cutting or tearing flesh
  4. 12. a living thing that eats other animals
  5. 13. a living thing that gets nutrients by breaking down decaying matter
  6. 14. the size of the digestive tract that is best suited to extracting maximum nutrients from meat
  7. 15. the size of the digestive tract that is best suited for extracting maximum nutrients from plant matter
Down
  1. 1. a living thing that eats only plant matter
  2. 3. a living thing that eats only animal matter
  3. 4. a complex model that shows the transfer of matter and energy in an ecosystem through many possible paths
  4. 5. an animal that gets eaten by a predator
  5. 7. the source of all energy in most ecosystems
  6. 8. a living thing that must eat other living things to gain nutrients
  7. 10. the shape of teeth that are best suited for grinding plant matter
  8. 11. a simple model that shows the transfer of matter and energy in an ecosystem as a single path