Ecology Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 5. animals which kill and consumer their prey
  2. 7. plant-eating animals
  3. 9. can NOT synthesize their own food and are dependent on other organisms for their food
  4. 10. break down organic wastes and dead organisms to simpler substances
  5. 11. another name for heterotroph
  6. 13. example of a decomposer
  7. 14. those animals that feed on other animals that they have not killed
  8. 16. Consumer (always a carnivore) feeds upon other secondary consumers
Down
  1. 1. consume both plants and meat
  2. 2. meat-eating animals
  3. 3. another name for autotroph
  4. 4. plants, fungi, and bacteria which live on dead matter
  5. 6. can synthesize(make)their own food (ex: photosynthesis)
  6. 8. Consumer (always a carnivore) feeds upon other consumers
  7. 12. chain involves the transfer of energy from plants to consumers
  8. 15. Consumer (always a herbivore) feeds on plants