Science vocab CH 2

2. consumers that eat only plants
3. a system of interlocking and interdependent food chains
4. an organism that can make its own food.
6. a group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms
7. the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another in a food web
10. organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms
12. a carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms
15. that produce their seeds in cones and have leaves shaped like needles.
17. consumers that eat only animals
18. an area that receives as much as 120 centimeters of rain each year
19. a second layer of shorter trees and vines

1. organisms in ecosystems that break down wastes and dead organisms
5. trees that shed their leaves and grow new ones each year
8. consumers that eat both plants and animals
9. frozen soil
11. an area that receives less than 25 centimeters of rain per year
13. the series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy
14. an area that is populated mostly by grasses and other non-woody plants
16. tall trees that form a leafy roof
20. extremely old and dry biome