Ecology

3. The process plants use to make food from sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water.
4. The top predator in an ecosystem that no other animal hunts (like a lion or shark).
6. An animal that eats primary consumers, such as snakes or frogs.
8. An animal that only eats other animals (like wolves or eagles).
9. A complex network of connected food chains showing how energy moves through an ecosystem.
10. A group of the same species living in the same area (like all the kangaroos in a forest).
12. A community of living things (plants, animals, microbes) and their environment, all interacting together.
14. Organisms like fungi and bacteria that break down dead plants and animals, returning nutrients to the soil.
15. An animal that eats plants (producers), like rabbits or caterpillars.
16. An animal that hunts and eats other animals.

1. Any animal that eats plants or other animals to get energy.
2. A simple diagram showing how energy moves from one living thing to another (e.g., grass → rabbit → fox).
5. A top-level animal in a food chain that eats secondary consumers (like big carnivores).
7. An animal that only eats plants (like cows or deer).
11. A living thing, usually a plant, that makes its own food using sunlight through photosynthesis.
13. An animal that eats both plants and animals (like humans or bears).