Food Web

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