Across
- 3. one basic need of plants and animals; the ability to make things move
- 5. organism that gets its energy directly from the Sun; cells turn sunlight into food through photosynthesis
- 6. type of decomposer that breaks down waste into smaller pieces and returns it back to the soil
- 10. the process in which plants make their own food; sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide
- 11. an organism that only eats dead or nonliving things
- 12. an organism that feeds on producers; an organism that must consume another organism to get energy; cannot get its energy from the Sun
- 14. a type of decomposer; widely distributed and can break down just about any type of organic matter
Down
- 1. a consumer that only eats plants
- 2. a single, self-contained living thing
- 4. all the living and nonliving things in an area
- 7. a consumer that eats only animals
- 8. an interconnected set of food chains; shows how energy is transferred between organisms in an ecosystem
- 9. a representation of how energy and nutrients are passed from creature to creature; the Sun, to producers, to consumers, to decomposers
- 13. a consumer that eats both plants and animals