B4 Crossword
Across
- 2. The process of water in clouds becoming heavy and falling as rain, snow or hail
- 5. A form of carbon excavated from the ground and used as a source of energy (two words)
- 6. A relationship where both organisms benefit
- 8. A small animal that shreds dead, organic material into smaller pieces
- 10. A non-living factor
- 16. The process of water moving through gaps in soils and rocks
- 18. An abiotic factor that affects the quality of soil
- 21. All of the living things and physical conditions in an area
- 22. The process by which carbon dioxide is produced from fossil fuels
- 26. The gas taken in from the atmosphere by plants for photosynthesis (two words)
- 27. An abiotic factor that controls the activity of enzymes and photosynthesis
- 28. The total number of organisms of a species
- 29. All the organisms within an ecosystem
- 30. Waste products produced by the body are usually lost through this process
- 31. A key element that is used to make DNA and protein
- 33. A type of bacteria that convert nitrogen from the air into a form that can be used by plants (two words)
Down
- 1. An abiotic factor that affects the success of plant species (two words)
- 3. A relationship between a prey and a predator
- 4. An organism that makes their own food via photosynthesis
- 7. The form of nitrogen that is released from dead plants and animals after decomposition
- 9. A carbohydrate made by plants during photosynthesis
- 11. An organism that must consume other organisms for energy
- 12. The name for each step in a food chain (two words)
- 13. One of the only processes that can take carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere
- 14. A relationship where one organism benefits and one suffers
- 15. A group of consumers that gain their energy from dead or decaying matter
- 17. How different organisms depend on each other within a community
- 19. The mass of living material in an organism
- 20. A type of interaction that takes place between organisms in an area when resources are limited
- 23. The area in which organisms live
- 24. The form of nitrogen that plants take up from the roots to make proteins and DNA
- 25. Undigested material that is usually lost as faeces
- 32. A living factor