Flow of Energy

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Across
  1. 7. Organisms that returns nutrients to the soil and breaks down dead organisms.
  2. 9. The series of changes that occur in an area where the ecosystem has been disturbed, but where soil and organisms still exist. (Ex: Wild Fire)
  3. 10. A relationship in which both organisms benefit.
  4. 11. A symbiotic relationship where two species are competing for the same resources.
  5. 13. A series of events in which one organism eats another. (A representation of feeding relationships.)
  6. 15. The series of changes that occur in an area where NO SOIL or organisms exist.
  7. 19. A consumer that eats both plants and animals.
  8. 20. Organisms that eats only other animals.
  9. 21. A close relationship between two species in which at least one of the organisms benefits.
  10. 22. An organism that cannot make its own food. (Organisms that consume other organisms)
  11. 23. The relationship in which one organism benefits and the other is unaffected.
  12. 24. A diagram that shows the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another in a food web. (Shows 10% Rule)
Down
  1. 1. An organism that can make its own food.
  2. 2. An organism that eats only plants.
  3. 3. On an energy pyramid, which organisms consumes secondary consumers? (3rd level of consumers)
  4. 4. A species on which other species in an ecosystem largely depend, such that if it were removed the ecosystem would change drastically.
  5. 5. An animal that the predator feeds upon. (Animals that are hunted and killed.)
  6. 6. The pattern of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem. (A network of connected food chains that shows all the energy relationships in a ecosystem.)
  7. 8. An organism that does the hunting. (Animals that feed on other animals.)
  8. 12. On an energy pyramid, which organism consumers autotrophs? (1st level of consumers)
  9. 14. Any class of organisms that occupy the same position in a food chain, as primary consumers, secondary consumers, and tertiary consumers.
  10. 16. On an energy pyramid, which organisms consumes primary consumers? (2nd level of consumers)
  11. 17. A relationship in which one organism benefits and the other is harmed.
  12. 18. An organism that eats dead or decaying plant or animal matter.