Across
- 2. living elements in an ecosystem
- 5. something all organisms need to survive
- 11. a single biotic element
- 14. an animal that eats both plants and animals
- 16. an animal that eats plants
- 17. a complex community of organisms interacting
- 18. only about 10% of energy is ___________ between levels in an energy pyramid
- 19. a food ___: many interconnected food chains
Down
- 1. _______ consumers eat producers
- 3. an organism that eats other organisms for energy
- 4. the 1st law of Thermodynamics says that energy cannot be created or _________
- 6. non-living elements in an ecosystem
- 7. an organism that makes its own energy
- 8. the levels in an energy pyramid are called _______ levels
- 9. an animal that eats other animals
- 10. the source of most of the energy for ecosystems on Earth
- 12. consumers at the top of a food chain
- 13. an organism that eats dead organic matter
- 15. something all animals need; plants make it during photosynthesis
