3rd Term Review of year
Across
- 5. Many Sugars
- 9. When a protein’s shape changes causing it to become nonfunctional, which is most often caused by changes in temperature or pH.
- 12. A particle wit a mass of 1 amu with no charge and found in the nucleus.
- 13. The movement of carbon through the spheres of the Earth.
- 15. Enzymes are proteins that are used to speed up chemical reactions in living things.
- 18. 1
- 22. Single Sugars
- 23. A single unit of a macromolecule or “Building blocks” of macromolecules
- 24. an abbreviation of the element’s name.
- 25. Organisms that must eat other organisms to obtain energy and nutrients.
- 28. The parts of our planet that are solid rock.
- 32. A particle with no mass and found surrounding the nucleus and has a negative (-) charge.
- 33. Occurs when the removal or addition of a species (usually a predator) affects the biodiversity and abundance of organisms in an ecosystem.
- 34. Very large molecules used by living things.
- 40. Levels in an ecosystem that describe an organism’s place in the food chain.
- 41. 4 UNIT 5 UNIT6 UNIT 7 UNIT 8
- 42. Functions as enzymes, hormones, antibodies, and used in muscle contraction/movement.
- 43. Shows the transfer of energy through a food chain.
- 44. The regions of the surface, atmosphere, and hydrosphere of the earth occupied by living organisms.
- 46. Organism that eats secondary consumers.
- 47. Organisms that break down dead/decaying matter and waste.
- 48. Organism that eats producers.
Down
- 1. Complex model that shows related food chains in an ecosystem.
- 2. A particle with a positive charged (+) particle with a mass of 1 amu and found in the nucleus (center of the atom)
- 3. Deoxyribonucleic Acid
- 4. Energy source for living things (sugars)
- 6. Any variable that controls the growth of a population and therefore determines the carrying capacity!
- 7. Organism that eats primary consumers.
- 8. A species which other species in an ecosystem depend on, directly or indirectly and if removed, the ecosystem would change drastically.
- 9. Two Sugars
- 10. The smallest unit of matter that forms an element.
- 11. 3
- 12. Function to store genetic information, including the code for making proteins
- 14. A geographic area containing living organisms and their nonliving environment.
- 16. Non-living and chemical parts of an ecosystem.
- 17. Mass of protons and neutrons combined.
- 19. The energy source of all food chains. AKA, autotrophs.
- 20. A group of organisms of the same species that live in the same area.
- 21. An organism that can make food for itself using light energy, water, and chemicals.
- 26. Living and once-living parts of an ecosystem.
- 27. The envelope of gases surrounding the earth.
- 29. All the waters on the earth's surface.
- 30. Number of protons.
- 31. A segment of DNA that codes for a specific protein, determined by the order of the bases
- 35. store energy, make up cell membranes, and aid in temperature regulation. (Fats, oils, waxes, and steroids)
- 36. A simple model that shows how energy is moved from one organism to another
- 37. The study of how organisms interact with one another and with their physical environment.
- 38. The number of organisms an ecosystem can support without environmental decline.
- 39. The number of different species in an ecosystem.
- 45. A chemical element is a pure substance that is made of one type of atom.