Ecology: Energy and Nutrients

AUTOTROPH
CONSUMER
DECOMPOSER
ECOLOGICALPYRAMID
ECOLOGY
FOODCHAIN
FOODWEB
HETEROTROPH
NUTRIENTCYCLE
PRIMARYPRODUCER
TROPHICLEVEL

Find all of the following words in the word search. Using your glossary, write a brief definition for each word.

Try to find all 11 words on this board.

V

P

C

J

Y

T

X

N

D

K

I

L

T

P

B

R

G

H

O

W

K

J

O

P

L

S

U

P

F

O

O

D

W

E

B

Q

P

Y

S

L

I

J

H

U

E

Q

Q

Q

R

R

E

S

O

P

M

O

C

E

D

V

L

V

Y

P

N

V

T

K

S

O

U

S

R

E

R

N

L

I

N

X

H

E

V

V

O

B

K

L

R

H

A

C

J

T

F

L

M

Q

N

T

D

P

V

W

M

R

W

J

A

X

C

T

O

M

K

A

H

R

U

J

K

D

P

E

W

Z

T

K

X

K

P

R

G

F

R

X

G

E

O

I

G

S

R

D

L

D

B

O

G

Y

E

A

J

Y

V

Q

E

C

N

U

N

G

A

C

Z

C

P

T

T

T

B

M

P

W

Y

M

J

U

Z

O

G

U

V

S

N

D

I

B

E

U

I

L

J

K

W

K

T

D

E

T

M

K

B

R

I

A

O

H

J

J

A

K

X

V

F

R

Q

O

U

Z

Q

E

J

E

A

Q

M

T

P

C

U

I

H

G

I

C

C

R

Y

F

H

W

Y

M

H

A

L

Y

I

O

S

P

L

E

M

Z

Q

P

F

A

Y

P

G

U

C

E

V

G

B

K

R

T

N

R

Y

H

T

Y

G

D

D

R

O

S

D

B

O

U

J

R

A

T

C

O

T

X

O

R

E

E

T

L

L

N

O

L

V

D

D

P

C

X

X

K

W

G

G

A

F

I

X

V

O

O

O

P

O

J

J

Y

D

X

Y

T

L

G

X

M

U

Z

M

G

C

C

F

E

U

X

C

Q

G

L

R

O

Z

S

N

I

J

L

A

M

E

B

K

Y

K

L

Y

O

X

T

Y

C

X

G

Z

R

N

T

B

U

B

S

O

V

E

D

V

P

R

C

P

K

U

W

H

P

T

Z

Brought to you by WordSearchFun.com

Answer Key for Ecology: Energy and Nutrients

X

Y

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

1

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

H

#

#

2

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

F

O

O

D

W

E

B

#

P

#

#

#

3

#

#

H

#

#

#

#

#

#

R

E

S

O

P

M

O

C

E

D

#

4

L

#

#

P

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

R

#

#

I

#

#

5

#

E

#

#

O

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

T

#

#

M

#

#

#

6

#

#

V

#

#

R

#

#

#

#

#

#

O

#

#

A

#

R

#

#

7

#

#

#

E

#

#

T

#

#

#

#

R

#

#

R

#

#

E

#

#

8

#

#

#

#

L

#

#

O

#

#

E

#

#

Y

#

#

#

C

N

#

9

#

#

#

#

#

C

#

#

T

T

#

#

P

#

#

#

#

U

#

#

10

#

#

#

#

N

#

I

#

E

U

#

L

#

#

#

#

T

D

#

#

11

#

#

#

R

I

#

#

H

#

#

A

#

#

#

#

R

#

O

#

#

12

#

#

#

E

A

#

#

#

P

C

#

#

#

#

I

#

#

R

#

#

13

#

#

Y

M

H

#

#

#

I

O

#

#

#

E

#

#

#

P

#

#

14

#

#

G

U

C

#

#

G

#

#

R

#

N

#

#

#

#

Y

#

#

15

#

#

O

S

D

#

O

#

#

#

#

T

#

#

#

#

#

R

#

#

16

#

#

L

N

O

L

#

#

#

#

C

#

#

#

#

#

#

A

#

#

17

#

#

O

O

O

#

#

#

#

Y

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

M

#

#

18

#

#

C

C

F

#

#

#

C

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

I

#

#

19

#

#

E

#

#

#

#

L

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

R

#

#

20

#

#

#

#

#

#

E

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

P

#

#

Word	X	Y	Direction
AUTOTROPH	11	11	nw
CONSUMER	4	18	n
DECOMPOSER	19	3	w
ECOLOGICALPYRAMID	11	11	ne
ECOLOGY	3	19	n
FOODCHAIN	5	17	n
FOODWEB	9	2	e
HETEROTROPH	8	11	ne
NUTRIENTCYCLE	18	9	sw
PRIMARYPRODUCER	18	20	n
TROPHICLEVEL	12	15	nw