Food Web Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• ecosystem : the living things and nonliving things in an area
• producer : an organism that uses the sun’s energy to make its own food
• consumer : an animal that eats other organisms to get energy
• food chain : a model that shows how matter and energy flow from one organism to another
• herbivore : an animal that eats only plants; primary consumers
• carnivore : an animal that eats only other animals; secondary consumers
• omnivore : an animal that eats both plants and other animals; may be first-, second-, or third-level consumers
• decomposer : a consumer that breaks down dead plant and animal material
• food web : a model of the transfer of energy within a set of interconnected food chains