Food Webs Crossword

6. The _ cycle is nature's way of reusing carbon atoms, which travel from the atmosphere into organisms in the Earth and then back into the atmosphere over and over again.
7. The connections and food chains for an entire ecosystem with multiple pathways.
8. 6CO2 + 6H2O → C6H12O6 + 6O2
10. A feeding level in an ecosystem shown in food chains/webs and energy pyramids.
12. Organisms that use sunlight to make their own food through the process of photosynthesis.
15. A diagram that shows the amount of energy that moves from one trophic level to another in a food web.
16. An animal that kills and eats another organism
20. Cycle that is is a process through which nitrogen is converted into many forms, consecutively passing from the atmosphere to the soil to organism and back into the atmosphere.
21. _ consumer that eats primary consumers.

1. The part of earth that contains living things
2. Organisms that get their energy by breaking down small pieces of organic waste or dead organisms that were not eaten by scavengers, returning raw materials to the soil
3. Cycle in which Water is cycled through the biosphere.
4. The biotic (living) and abiotic (non-living) resources provided to support specific populations in a community.
5. Animals that eat both plants and animals.
7. A pathway of energy and nutrient transfer for a set of organisms. Single pathway.
9. Larger organisms that get energy from consuming dead and decaying organisms.
11. Animals that only eat producers (plants).
13. Animal that only eats meat (other animals)
14. _ consumer that eats producers.
17. The cycle where Plants absorb CO2 (carbon dioxide) and release O2 (oxygen) during photosynthesis. Animals absorb O2 (oxygen) and release CO2 (carbon dioxide) during respiration.
18. The animal that is killed and eaten by a predator
19. _ consumer that eats secondary consumers.