Flow of Energy in an Ecosystem

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Across
  1. 1. A step or level in a food chain, showing who eats what. (Ex. Level 1: Autotrophs like grass (gets energy from the sun), Level 2: Herbivores like grasshoppers (eats the grass), Level 3: Carnivores or Omnivores likes frogs (eats the grasshopper), Level 4: Carnivores like snakes (eats the frog), etc..)
  2. 4. A simple list that shows who eats who and how energy flows in an ecosystem.(Ex. Sun → Grass → Grasshopper → Frog → Snake)
  3. 7. A living thing that makes its own food, like a plant. (Ex. A Sunflower makes its own food using sunlight)
  4. 9. A living thing that cannot make its own food and must eat other things. (Ex. A rabbit eats plants because it cannot make its own food).
  5. 11. An animal that eats only other animals. (Ex. A lion eating zebras)
Down
  1. 2. An animal that eats only plants. (Ex. A cow eating grass)
  2. 3. The total amount of living things in an area. (Ex. A forest has a large amount of biomass because it has many plants and animals)
  3. 5. A living thing that eats dead plants, dead animals, or waste. (Ex. An earthworm eating dead leaves)
  4. 6. An animal that eats both plants and animals. (Ex. A bear eats berries and fish)
  5. 8. Many food chains linked together, showing how animals and plants are all connected. (Ex. A rabbit, deer, and grasshopper all eat plants. A fox eats the rabbit, a hawk eats the snake, and this makes a web of many food chains)
  6. 10. The power that living things need to move, grow, and survive. (Ex. The sun gives energy to plants. Then animals get energy by eating those plants)