Ecology Review Crossword Puzzle
QUESTIONS LIST: omnivore : type of organism that consumes both plants and animals, species : smallest unit of organization in ecology focuses on a single organism, decomposers : organisms that break down the remains and other waste from organisms (helps recycle molecules into ecosystem), pyramid of energy : visual representation that shows relative amount at each trophic level, community : level of organization that looks at the interactions between different species, food web : visual representation that shows all possible feeding relationships in an ecosystem, trophic levels : another name for the levels in a food chain, biosphere : made up of all life on earth and all parts of earth, producer : type of organism that can make its own food by gathering suns energy, abiotic : non-living thing, carnivore : a type of consumer that only eats meat(other animals), ecosystem : all organisms that live in a place together with their physical environment (abiotic to biotic interactions), scavenger : type of organism that eat dead animals, ecology : the study of the interactions between living and nonliving things, biotic : living things, food chain : a visual diagram that only shows a single path of energy flow in an environment