Ecology: Energy and Nutrients

AUTOTROPH
CONSUMER
DECOMPOSER
ECOLOGICALPYRAMID
ECOLOGY
FOODCHAIN
FOODWEB
HETEROTROPH
NUTRIENTCYCLE
PRIMARYPRODUCER
TROPHICLEVEL

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Word	X	Y	Direction
AUTOTROPH	11	11	ne
CONSUMER	4	4	e
DECOMPOSER	19	19	n
ECOLOGICALPYRAMID	11	11	se
ECOLOGY	3	3	e
FOODCHAIN	7	7	e
FOODWEB	6	7	se
HETEROTROPH	15	8	s
NUTRIENTCYCLE	4	8	se
PRIMARYPRODUCER	4	19	n
TROPHICLEVEL	5	9	s