Energy in the Ecosystem

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Across
  1. 2. the biotic beginning of all ecosystems
  2. 5. an autotrophic organism capable of producing its own food through the process of photosynthesis
  3. 8. an organism that gets energy by breaking down the remains of dead organisms or animal wastes and releasing the nutrients back to the soil
  4. 9. the living components of the ecosystem
  5. 11. the amount of energy lost when going from one trophic level to the next
  6. 14. the non-living components of the ecosystem
  7. 15. a consumer that eats both producers and consumers
  8. 16. the organism that eats the primary consumer
  9. 18. a consumer that eats producers only
Down
  1. 1. a simplistic way of seeing energy transfer in the ecosystem
  2. 3. an organism that must eat another organism to survive
  3. 4. the amount of energy passed from one trophic level to the nex
  4. 5. the process where a plant uses radiant energy, water, and carbon dioxide to produce glucose
  5. 6. the organism that eats the producer
  6. 7. the organism that is at the top of most energy pyramids
  7. 10. a consumer that eats only other consumers
  8. 12. Energy the abiotic begin of all energy in the ecosystem
  9. 13. the breakdown of dead material into carbon dioxide and water
  10. 17. a more realistic way of seeing energy transferring in an ecosystem