Energy Flow in Ecosystems Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. consumer that eats only plants
  2. 4. organism that makes its own food from sunlight or chemicals
  3. 8. consumer that eats both plants and animals
  4. 9. total amount of living material in a given trophic level
  5. 12. principle that only a fraction of energy moves from one level to the next
  6. 13. organism that eats primary consumers
  7. 14. large region defined by its climate and living things
  8. 17. organism that eats producers
  9. 18. organism that eats secondary consumers
  10. 20. all parts of Earth that support life
  11. 22. step or position in a food chain or energy pyramid
Down
  1. 1. shows a single path of energy flow through organisms
  2. 3. community of organisms and their physical environment
  3. 5. organism that gets energy by eating other organisms
  4. 6. group of the same species living in one area
  5. 7. organism that breaks down dead material and recycles nutrients
  6. 10. original source of energy for most ecosystems
  7. 11. all the different species living together in one area
  8. 15. consumer that eats other animals
  9. 16. shows many connected food chains in an ecosystem
  10. 19. diagram that shows energy loss between trophic levels
  11. 21. single living thing