Ecosystems

3. anything nonliving, never was alive
6. the hunter
8. chain feeding system in an ecosystem, how organisms get their energy
9. any organism that makes its own food gets its energy from the sun
10. system in an ecosystem, how organisms get their energy food web-connected series of food chains in an ecosystem
11. consumer either a carnivore or omnivore, third level consumer in a food chain or web
14. second consumer after herbivores
15. consumer herbivore, first consumer after producers in a food chain or web
16. plant/meat-eater

1. an organism that gets its food from decaying material - ex. dead animals, waste material, leaves, etc
2. an organism that gets its food from already dead animals
4. plant eater
5. any organism that gets its food by feeding on other organisms
6. the hunted
7. tertiary consumer either a carnivore or omnivore, third level consumer in a food chain or web
12. all the living and non-living factors in an environment that interact
13. anything living or once was living
14. meat-eater