Unit 3 terms

6. web A complex network of interconnecting and overlapping food chains showing feeding relationships within an ecosystem.
9. the green pigment plants use to make food.
10. an organism that eats only plants.
11. an organism that can make its own food.
13. an organism that breaks down organic material
14. compounds that allow the organism to grow
16. natural or synthetic nutrients added to soil to aid ?in plant growth
17. An organism that hunts and eats other animals
18. an organism that most consumes bio-mass, such as ?meat or rotting plant material.
19. the process of turning sunlight into food

1. chain the transfer of food organisms in a ecosystem
2. an organism that eats both meat and plants
3. an organism that can not make its own food and ?must rely on other organisms for food.
4. an organism the eats other organisms
5. a short period of inactivity to save energy
7. growing plants in a water based system
8. pyramid a series of levels of ecological food and ?relations
12. a state of low active or sleep animals enter into ?during harsh winter months.
15. a young plant grown from seeds
17. an organism that is hunted by predators