Across
- 1. get their energy by eating other living things
- 3. an organism that consumes other organisms in a food chain
- 7. the living and non-living things that interact and share an environment
- 9. If I eat plants and animals, what am I?
- 10. the process by which plants use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to create oxygen and energy in the form of sugar
- 11. returns nutrients to the soil from dead plants and animals they break down
- 13. get their energy by making their own food
- 14. get their energy from other animals they eat
- 15. What type of consumer is at the base of the food pyramid?
- 16. pigment that gives plants their green color, and it helps plants create their own food through photosynthesis
Down
- 1. where photosynthesis takes place
- 2. Based on grass-->rabbit-->wolf, who is the primaryary consumer?
- 4. an animal that is hunted by another animal for food
- 5. get their energy from plants they eat
- 6. "simple sugar" chemical produced by many plants during photosynthesis
- 8. an organism that can produce its own food using light, water, carbon dioxide, or other chemicals
- 10. When a robin eats a worm, what is the robin?
- 12. source of energy for plants