Chapter 5 Vocab Crossword Puzzle

3. a producer which provides it's own food
9. an organism that does not make it's own food
11. process used by plants to produce oxygen and carbohydrates
12. shows the transfer of energy through different trophic levels
14. _____ Law of Thermodynamics states that energy can not be created or destroyed
15. respiration process used by cells to form carbon dioxide and water
16. gradual replacement of the species in an area or community
18. what percentage of energy is transferred to the next trophic level
20. shows the energy transfers through the feeding patterns of organisms
22. a living thing that only consumes plants
23. ______ community is the final group of plants and animals at the end of the succession process
24. ______ Law of Thermodynamics says that energy conversions are not always completely effective
25. ______ cycle is the process where carbon is cycled through the atmosphere, land and organisms

1. _______ species are the first organisms to begin the process of succession
2. _______ consumer is the last energy transfer in a single food chain
3. these can be caused by the over use of man-made fertilizers
4. _______ consumer is the first organism to eat another organism in a food chain
5. an animal that only eats other animals. example: Lion
6. an organism that creates energy from chemicals
7. autotrophs can also be called these
8. __________ cycle occurs slower than the nitrogen and carbon cycles
10. the energy pyramid is composed of these levels
13. organism that gets it's energy by breaking down dead organisms
16. _________ consumer eats the primary consumer in a food chain
17. animal that eats both plants and other animals
19. this type of succession occurs on a surface that has not yet supported an ecosystem
20. shows all the possible energy transfers in a certain environment
21. ________ cycle is the movement of nitrogen throughout our atmosphere, land and organisms