APES Unit 3
Across
- 1. In this cycle decomposers release a product that must be converted before it can be used by living things
- 8. Process of converting nitrates (NO3) into N2
- 9. Form of low quality energy
- 10. CO2
- 12. Organisms that create their own energy through photosynthesis or chemosynthesis
- 13. Bacteria and Fungi that reduce net productivity of an ecosystem
- 14. All biotic things in an area and their abiotic surroundings
- 15. End result of eutrophication
Down
- 2. Results from excess N or P in surface water
- 3. Adds biomass to the ecosystem through consumption
- 4. Balance the flow of energy in the ecosystem
- 5. Things that limit population growth in an ecosystem
- 6. How burning fossil fuels impacts the nitrogen cycle
- 7. This cycle involves heat
- 11. Largest reservoir for nitrogen