Organisms in the environment

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Across
  1. 3. living parts of an ecosystem
  2. 6. eats both plants and animals
  3. 9. plants that make their own food, provide energy for an ecosystem; autotrophic
  4. 10. the level of consumer that eats secondary consumers; typically a top predator
  5. 13. the level of consumer that eats plants; herbivore
  6. 15. the level of consumer that eats primary consumers
  7. 16. organisms that break down dead or decaying organisms; heterotrophic
Down
  1. 1. nonliving parts of an ecosystem
  2. 2. plant eater
  3. 4. meat eater
  4. 5. a diagram which shows the flow of energy through a few organisms of an ecosystem; producer -> consumer -> consumer -> consumer (or decomposer)
  5. 7. a diagram which shows the loss of energy at each level of a food chain due to much energy being used by the organism or given off as heat.
  6. 8. defines the position of organisms within the webs
  7. 11. an animal that hunts for its food
  8. 12. an animal that is hunted
  9. 14. a diagram which shows the flow of energy through many organisms  of an ecosystem; many food chains combined