Energy Flow

2. An organism that gets its energy by feeding on producers in the food chain
3. An organism that transforms energy from the Sun and uses carbon dioxide and water to make food
5. An organism that makes its own food using sunlight or chemicals, usually through photosynthesis.
7. An organism that eats only animals to get energy
10. The ability of a system to do work; required for changes to happen within a system
11. An organism that eats only plants to get energy.
12. A diagram that shows the total amount of energy contained within each trophic level
14. Overlapping food chains with different pathways to show the flow of energy in an ecosystem
15. An organism that gets its energy by eating secondary consumers

1. An animal that eats primary consumers (i.e., other animals that eat plants)
4. A species that has a major impact on its ecosystem; if removed, the entire system can change or collapse.
6. A single, linear path showing the flow of energy from the Sun to a producer and through different levels of consumers
8. The top predator in a food chain that has no natural enemies.
9. An organism that eats both plants and animals to get energy.
13. The position an organism occupies on the food web