Carbon Cycling and Ecosystems

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Across
  1. 2. Part of a plant that takes in water from soil
  2. 3. A pattern that repeats over and over
  3. 6. Large area covered mainly with trees
  4. 9. Leftover material from living things
  5. 11. Living thing that eats plants or other animals
  6. 12. Something eaten to get energy
  7. 14. Gas breathed out by animals and used by plants
  8. 16. Power that lets things move and grow
  9. 17. Simple food made by plants from sunlight
  10. 19. Living thing that makes its own food
  11. 22. Main source of energy for Earth
  12. 23. Tiny living things that break down dead plants and animals
Down
  1. 1. Dirt on the ground that plants grow in
  2. 4. The planet we live on
  3. 5. Matter from plants or animals that have died
  4. 7. Very large body of salt water
  5. 8. Gas or solid found in all living things and fuels
  6. 10. Clear liquid needed by all living things
  7. 12. Land where crops and animals are raised
  8. 13. Gas in air needed for breathing
  9. 15. Living thing like a mushroom that breaks down dead stuff
  10. 18. Invisible gas around us that we breathe
  11. 20. Flat green part of a plant that takes in sunlight
  12. 21. Large body of water surrounded by land
  13. 24. Large plant with a trunk and branches