Ecology
Across
- 3. connected series of food chains in an ecosystem
- 5. consumer carnivore, second consumer after herbivores
- 8. meat eater
- 10. plant eater
- 11. the hunter
- 13. feeding system in an ecosystem, how organisms get their energy
- 14. anything living or once was living
- 15. plant/meat eater
- 17. consumer herbivore, first consumer after producers in a food chain or web
Down
- 1. an organism that gets its food from already dead animals
- 2. any organism that gets its food by feeding on other organisms
- 4. all the living and non living factors in an environment that interact
- 6. consumer either a carnivore, or omnivore, third level consumer in a food chain or web
- 7. any organism that makes its own food, gets its energy from the sun
- 9. anything nonliving, never was alive
- 12. an organism that gets its food from decaying material - ex. dead animals, waste material, leaves, etc
- 16. the hunted