Food chain

4. The position it holds down holds down in a food chain, ex: level 1= plants/other autotrophs,level 4= tertiary consumers, level 5= quaternary consumers.
8. autotrophic organism that creates its own food through solar energy or chemical energy (hint: base of food chain)
10. organism that breaks down organic matter/ dead animals. (hint: bacteria,fungi.)
11. natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism
12. an area classified by the species that live in that area

1. Consumer that eats animals and plants
2. a consumer that hunts and kills other consumers for food/energy
3. many food chains in an ecosystem
5. Consumer that only eats other consumers
6. Interacting group of organisms in an area
7. A sequence of who eats who in an ecosystem to obtain nutrition starting from a producer
9. Consumer that only eats plants