Energy Webs and Food Webs

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