Ecology Chapters 5-8 Crossword

4. Allows work to be done
6. Plants that produce, or make, their own food through photosynthesis using energy from the sun.
8. A consumer that eats only plants
11. Shows how many plants, animals, and food chains are connected in an ecosystem
12. A period of time when rain doesn't fall or not enough of it falls
14. The qualities of someone
16. The creatures hunted by predators
17. Helps us see the way many plants and animals are organized in the food chain and how energy moves along it
18. Both omnivores and carnivores; can be the prey of an apex predator
19. Another word for Apex Predators
20. Aspen, Willow, and Cottonwood trees are all examples of this
21. Another word for Herbivores

1. Predator at the top of the food chain that doesn't have a natural predator that would kill and eat it
2. Consumer that kills and eats another creature
3. A consumer that eats both plants and other creatures
5. Cannot make their own food; needs to eat food from a plant or animal
7. A consumer that only eats other animals
9. The links between plants and animals as they eat
10. To discuss differing opinions or views with the goal of coming to an agreement
13. First law states energy cannot be created or destroyed, but it can change from one form to another form
15. A type of animal that the ecosystem depends on