Ecology crossword

3. any living or once living component in an ecosystem
5. an organism that feeds on producers to gain energy
6. an organism that cannot make it's own food and must consume other organisms
7. organisms that feed on secondary consumers
10. an organism that feeds primarily on photosynthetic organisms like plants
11. non living physical and and chemical component of an ecosystem that living organisms and the functioning of the environment
12. an organism that consumes animal tissue to meet nutrition and energy requirments

1. an organism that breaks down dead organic material and turns it into nutrients
2. organisms that eat primary consumers to gain energy
4. an organism that makes its own food by changing inorganic substances into organic nutrients by sunlight or chemical reactions energy
8. an organism that gets energy and nutrients by consuming plant and animal matter
9. an organism that makes its own food