Across
- 3. Organisms that break down dead matter, allowing them to recycle nutrients and energy back into the ecosystem.
- 5. The variety of life in an ecosystem.
- 9. Organisms that convert energy from the sun into chemical energy using photosynthesis
- 10. Organisms that eat secondary consumers.
- 11. Organisms that create energy from eating other organisms
- 12. shows the interactions between species in an ecosystem
- 13. A step in the flow of energy through an ecosystem
- 14. The total mass of organisms at a given trophic level.
- 15. show the decrease of energy between the levels in a food web
- 17. animals that only eat plants
- 18. shows the flow of energy in an ecosystem
Down
- 1. an organism that feeds on dead or decaying matter
- 2. organisms that eat primary consumers.
- 4. organisms that eat producers.
- 6. animals that eat other animals
- 7. A species that has a major impact on its ecosystem; its removal affects many other organisms.
- 8. creatures that eat both plants and animals
- 16. What energy is measured in
