Ecosystems - Getting Food

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