Energy in Ecosystems

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Across
  1. 6. one of Earth’s greatest sources of energy (thermal, light, solar energy)
  2. 7. overlapping food chains. EX: grass – deer – wolves as well as grass – rabbits – foxes
  3. 8. an animal that gets energy from eating plants
  4. 11. a gas given off by humans but absorbed and needed by plants
  5. 12. an organism that uses sunlight to make its own food for energy. EX: flower
  6. 14. living things including plants, animals, and you!
  7. 15. the living and nonliving things in one area
Down
  1. 1. an organism that gets energy from eating dead organisms, non-living material, or waste. EX: worm
  2. 2. an animal that gets energy from killing and eating other animals
  3. 3. how energy is transferred
  4. 4. organisms that depend on each other for food. EX: grass – deer – wolves
  5. 5. a process in which green plants use sunlight to make their own food, absorbing solar energy and carbon dioxide and producing sugars and oxygen
  6. 9. the ability to do work
  7. 10. an organism that gets its energy from eating other organisms. EX: bird
  8. 13. an animal that gets energy from eating animals and plants