Across
- 5. Animals that scavenge dead organisms
- 8. Organism that breaks down dead material
- 9. Relationship where one organism benefits and the other is harmed
- 12. Gradual loss of energy between trophic levels
- 14. First level in a food chain (usually plants)
- 18. Energy transferred from one organism to another
- 19. Tiny organisms that help decompose matter
- 20. Organism that eats plants or other animals
Down
- 1. Fungi that break down organic material
- 2. Multiple interconnected food chains
- 3. Top-level consumer with no natural predators
- 4. Animal that eats only meat
- 6. Leftover nutrients returned to the soil
- 7. Organism that hunts others
- 10. Animal that eats both plants and animals
- 11. Organism that makes its own food using sunlight
- 13. Feeding relationship showing energy flow
- 15. Animal that eats only plants
- 16. Organism hunted and eaten
- 17. Process plants use to convert sunlight into energy
