Energy and Ecosystems

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Across
  1. 7. An organism that breaks down the remains of dead animals and plants.
  2. 8. _________ is the product of photosynthesis.
  3. 10. An organism that makes its own food.
  4. 12. Only ___ percent of energy is transferred when a consumer eats a producer.
  5. 14. A __________ is a consumer that eats mainly meat.
  6. 15. The food _______ is the transfer of energy between organisms in an ecosystem.
Down
  1. 1. The process by which plants make food.
  2. 2. An energy __________ is a diagram that shows how much food energy is passed to each level in a food chain.
  3. 3. A community of organisms and the environment in which they live.
  4. 4. An animal that eats only producers.
  5. 5. Producers need the sun as a _______ of energy to make food.
  6. 6. An animal that eats plants or other animals.
  7. 9. Plants will start to make food through photosynthesis when leaves are exposed to __________.
  8. 11. Decomposers are the last _________ in every food chain.
  9. 13. Chlorophyll in plants help water and carbon __________ combine to form sugars as food for plants.
  10. 14. The substance that enables a plant to use the sun's energy to make food.