ENERGY FLOW
Across
- 3. a huge black mammal that has long nails and likes to climb trees and catch fish in streams
- 4. A living organism of the kind exemplified by trees, shrubs, herbs, grasses, ferns, and mosses
- 8. feeds mainly on primary consumers
- 9. A system of interlocking and interdependent food chains
- 11. Any such living organism other than a human being
- 13. An organism that is able to form nutritional organic substances from simple inorganic substances such as carbon dioxide
- 14. an organism that gets its energy and nutrients by feeding on other organisms
- 15. feeds mainly on producers
- 18. An individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form
- 19. a scavenger that has lots of fur and looks like a husky
Down
- 1. feeds mainly on dead material
- 2. A series of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food
- 5. feeds on both primary and secondary consumers
- 6. An organism deriving its nutritional requirements from complex organic substances
- 7. breaks down deadorganisms and wastes to complete the nutrient cycle in the ecosystem
- 10. all the organisms in a feeding level which are the same number of steps away from the sun
- 12. a scaley slithering reptile
- 15. an organism which uses elements from the environment to make its own food
- 16. produces in ponds and frogs like to lay their eggs in it
- 17. eats nectar and has yellow and black stripes