Across
- 2. non-living
- 4. A group of individuals of the same species living together in one place at one time
- 5. an organism that gets their energy from consuming producers is called a _________ consumer
- 7. the animal that eats secondary consumers is called a _________ consumer
- 8. predator this type of consumer is at the top of the food chain with no other predator
- 12. an animal that eats both animals and plants
- 14. one organism
- 15. chain a model showing the energy flow from organism to organism (only shows one thing an animal eats) e.g., grass->grasshopper->robin->cat
- 17. no longer existing
- 18. a living thing
- 21. a place where living things and non-living things interact
- 22. the role of lizard in this food chain: grass->grasshopper->lizard->hawk; _________ consumer
- 24. plants get there energy from the ______.
- 25. seriously at risk of going extinct (disappearing)
- 26. a meat-eating animal
Down
- 1. a plant-eating animal
- 3. the variety of types of organisms living in an area
- 6. an animal being hunted, caught, and eaten by another animal
- 9. an animal that eats and hunts others animals
- 10. a snail is eating dead fish in an aquarium. It is acting as a _________.; an organism that eats dead animal material
- 11. web a model with many food chains connected/linked together
- 13. an organism that makes their own food; e.g., grass, algae, phytoplankton
- 16. an organism that breaks down dead plants and animals, giving nutrients back to the soil (e.g., fungus, bacteria, mold)
- 19. a group of closely related organisms that can produce offspring (babies)
- 20. location where an organism lives
- 23. flow the transfer of energy in a food chain
