Ecology: Energy and Nutrients

AUTOTROPH
CONSUMER
DECOMPOSER
ECOLOGICALPYRAMID
ECOLOGY
FOODCHAIN
FOODWEB
HETEROTROPH
NUTRIENTCYCLE
PRIMARYPRODUCER
TROPHICLEVEL

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Word	X	Y	Direction
AUTOTROPH	16	16	n
CONSUMER	10	10	w
DECOMPOSER	19	19	n
ECOLOGICALPYRAMID	11	11	se
ECOLOGY	3	3	s
FOODCHAIN	5	5	e
FOODWEB	4	5	s
HETEROTROPH	11	16	w
NUTRIENTCYCLE	18	4	w
PRIMARYPRODUCER	18	15	n
TROPHICLEVEL	17	4	sw