Ecosystems and Biogeochemical Crossword
Across
- 2. Living things in ecosystems
- 6. Any organism that requires to eat other animals (meat) to live
- 7. Breaks down any waste from organism or even the organism's dead body
- 9. Any organism that requires to eat plants to live
- 14. Any organism that requires both animals (meat) and plants to live
- 15. The amount of an organism gets from eating another organism
- 16. The process by which organisms use sunlight to synthesize nutrients from carbon dioxide and water.
- 17. The act of being moved or carried by wind, water, etc...
- 18. Where both biotic and abiotic live
- 19. The second step in the hydrologic cycle, brought up into the earth's atmosphere and turns into clouds
Down
- 1. The first steps on making an ecosystem, usually has lichen or moss included
- 3. Using energy derived from reactions involving inorganic chemicals
- 4. The first step in the hydrologic cycle
- 5. The act of plants/animals breathing
- 8. The third step in the hydrologic cycle, lets any rain, heil, sleet, or snow into the earth's ground
- 9. An organism that cannot produce its own food, instead taking nutrition from other sources
- 10. Non-living things in ecosystems
- 11. Any organism who can make its own food or energy
- 12. Happens after a natural disaster, already has soil or dirt in the ground
- 13. Any organism which eats producers