Ecosystems

2. an organism that mostly eats meat, or the flesh of animals
4. a community or group of living organisms that live in and interact with each other in a specific environment
7. microscopic marine algae
9. organisms that carry out photosynthesis
11. the rate at which energy is added to the bodies of a group of organisms in the form of biomass
13. an organism that mostly eats meat, or the flesh of animals
14. an organism that mostly feeds on plants
16. The organisms that eat the producers
17. an organism that can produce its own food using light, water, carbon dioxide, or other chemicals
18. organisms that make their own food
19. feeds on and breaks down dead plant or animal matter, making organic nutrients available to the ecosystem

1. animals that consume other animals to obtain nutrition from them
3. an organism that regularly consumes a variety of material, including plants, animals, algae, and fungi
5. largely carnivores that feed on the primary consumers or herbivores
6. an organism that cannot produce its own food and must eat other plants and/or animals to get energy
8. the ability to do work
10. an organism that eats other plants or animals for energy and nutrients
12. the sum total mass of living organisms such as plants, animals, in a specific unit of area or volume of habitat
15. living or once living components of a community
17. all the nonliving factors present in an ecosystem