Ecosystems Crossword

plants that make their own food
an animal that feeds on other animals
an organism that must eat producers or other consumers to survive
an organism that feeds on dead organisms and waste to help release nutrients back into the soil and water
an animal that eats plants
the process by which green plants use the sunlight energy, carbon dioxide, and water to produce sugar and oxygen
in the food chain or food web, an organism that relies on plants directly for it's energy source; organisms at the second trophic level
in the food chain or food web, an organism that relies on primary consumers for its principal source of energy; third trophic level
__________ from the sun is transferred from one energy level to the next
another word for producer
another word for consumer
an organism that eats both producers and consumers
a diagram used to illustrate the flow of energy through an ecosystem