Energy in Ecosystems

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Across
  1. 3. A group of organisms that can breed and produce offspring
  2. 9. Network of food chains within an ecosystem
  3. 11. Non-living things
  4. 12. eats only plants
  5. 14. eats plants and animals
  6. 15. Organisms that break down dead organic matter
  7. 17. One organism is the "hunter" and the other is the "hunted"
  8. 18. Shows energy flow through a single pathway
Down
  1. 1. Represents the amount of living matter
  2. 2. Living factors that influence an ecosystem
  3. 4. First trophic level; these are autotrophic organisms; can make their own food
  4. 5. Shows the amount of energy flow between trophic levels
  5. 6. Receives energy from consuming other organisms
  6. 7. eats only meat
  7. 8. The study of interactions between organisms
  8. 10. Process by which water changes from a liquid to a gas
  9. 13. The ability to do work
  10. 16. The main source of energy for life on earth