Ecological Communities Crossword

the ability to do work
capture energy from the sun or chemicals and store it in the bonds of sugars
the process by which primary producers use sunlight to convert carbon dioxide and water into sugars
the ultimate source of energy
hydrogen sulfide used to convert carbon dioxide and water into sugars
the process by which organisms use oxygen to release chemical energy of sugar
most primary consumers are
most second and tertiary consumers are
eats plant and animal food
consumes nonliving organic matter
break down nonliving matter
another name for a consumer
rank in feeding hierarchy
systems move toward increasing disorder, or
energy is lost as
eating at ______ trophic levels decreases a person's ecological footprint
total amount of living tissue a trophic level contains
each trophic level contains ____ percent of the energy of the level below it
a visual map of feeding relationships and energy flow
a linear series of feeding relationships