Chapter 5 - Lesson 3 Crossword

5. A visual map of feeding relationships.
6. Feeding relationships between organisms.
10. Organism that hunts only other animals for energy.
11. Another way organisms can obtain food from chemicals, without the need of sunlight.
14. Consume only nonliving organic matter example: leaf litter.
15. Process in which organisms use oxygen to release the chemical byproducts.
17. The number by how much each trophic level goes up by.
18. A process that helps plants obtain their food.
19. Organisms that consume producers primarily.

1. Rank in a feeding Hierarchy.
2. One that makes It's own food for example: Plants.
3. Organisms that rely on others for energy.
4. total mass of organisms in a given area or volume.
7. No process involving energy conservation is 100% efficient.
8. Organism that both hunts animals and consumes plants.
9. Specie who holds a great amount of importance in it's community.
12. Another name for consumers.
13. Organism that consume plants only for energy.
16. Break down nonliving matter into simpler parts. Example: Fungi and bacteria.
20. A name for large detritivores like vultures.