TEKS 8.12A

5. Series of food chains that show how plants and animals of an ecosystem are connected and interact with each other. If one organism is removed then all organisms are affected.
7. Refers to the non living components of an ecosystem.
8. a consumer that consumes primary consumers and is consumed by a tertiary consumer
11. only eats meat
12. Refers to living or once living organisms of an ecosystem.

1. usually a herbivore that eats plants or a omnivore, the first level of consumer
2. Organisms that find their own food for surviva
3. only eats plants
4. Shows the interaction between organisms in an ecosystem
6. Organisms that break down dead plants and animals to return minerals to the soil. They are part of the food chain.
9. eats both plants and animals
10. Plants that make their own food using radiant energy from the sun using the process of photosynthesis