Food Web
Across
- 3. step in a nutritive series, or food chain, of an ecosystem.
- 5. An animal that eats other animals.
- 7. An animal that is eaten by another animal (predator)
- 9. An animal that eats both animals and plants
- 11. an organism that breaks down chemicals from wastes and dead organisms,
- 14. An animal that eats animals (prey)
- 15. An animal that eats plants.
Down
- 1. the amount of energy that moves along the food chain
- 2. organism that gets its energy by eating plants or animals.
- 4. make up the second trophic level.
- 6. community or group of living organisms that live in and interact with each other in a specific environment.
- 8. network of complex interactions formed by the feeding relationships among the various organisms in an ecosystem
- 10. An animal that feeds on other animals
- 12. The number of organisms in an area exceeds the capacity of the environment to support life at a decent standard of living.
- 13. organism that creates its own food or energy.