Energy Flow

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Across
  1. 4. of numbers: illustrates the number of organisms in each trophic level
  2. 5. web: illustrates all food chains in an ecosystem
  3. 8. pyramid: illustrates how energy is transferred from each trophic level
  4. 13. an organism that obtains its food from other organisms
  5. 14. an organism that eats other organisms
  6. 15. consumer: eats the primary consumer
  7. 17. eats plants and animals
Down
  1. 1. consumer: eats the producer
  2. 2. eats plants
  3. 3. chain: illustrates how energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next
  4. 6. breaks down decaying organic matter
  5. 7. an organism that provides food for itself and other organisms (ex: plants, phytoplankton)
  6. 9. consumer: eats the secondary consumer
  7. 10. pyramid: illustrates the mass of living organisms in each trophic level
  8. 11. level: the number of steps an organism is from the start of the chain (ex: producer, primary consumer)
  9. 12. an organism that makes its own food
  10. 16. eats only animals