Cycles of Matter and Energy Flow Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. Overlapping food chains with different pathways to show the flow of energy in an ecosystem
  2. 4. A living thing that affects the ecosystem
  3. 6. An animal that eats other animals
  4. 8. An organism that must consume other organisms for nutrients
  5. 11. An organism that transforms energy from the Sun and uses carbon dioxide and water to make food
  6. 13. The constant movement of water through the land, air, oceans, and living things
  7. 14. The continuous movement of carbon in and between the abiotic and biotic environments
  8. 15. The change from a gas state to a liquid state
  9. 16. An organism that consumes only plants
  10. 19. A measure of how easily a substance will catch fire
  11. 20. The process by which nitrogen is converted among various chemical forms as it cycles among the soil, biosphere, lithosphere, and atmosphere
  12. 21. All the populations of different species in a particular area
  13. 22. Change of a liquid to a vapor or gas
Down
  1. 1. A single, linear path showing the flow of energy from the Sun to a producer and through different levels of consumers
  2. 3. To break down into simpler components or basic elements
  3. 5. An organism that consumes both animals and plants
  4. 7. A diagram that shows the total amount of energy contained within each trophic level
  5. 9. Organisms such as bacteria and fungi that break down the remains of dead plants and animals without need for internal digestion
  6. 10. Rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls from clouds in the sky
  7. 12. The process by which plants lose water (water vapor) through the stomata in their leaves
  8. 17. A nonliving thing that affects the ecosystem
  9. 18. A system comprising all the biotic and abiotic factors in an area and all the interactions among them