Earth's Energy Cycle

2. a community of living organisms (biotic factors) interacting with each other and their non-living physical environment (abiotic factors) within a specific area, where all elements are interconnected through nutrient cycles and energy flows
4. radiant energy emitted by the sun
6. energy stored in the bonds between atoms and molecules
7. the form of energy that travels as electromagnetic waves
9. the energy possessed by a body by virtue of its position relative to others
10. an organism that cannot produce its own food and must obtain energy by eating other organisms, like plants or animals, essentially taking in energy from another source within the ecosystem
11. power derived from the utilization of physical or chemical resources
12. result of the movement of tiny particles
13. a linear sequence of organisms where energy is transferred from one organism to another through consumption
16. an organism, like bacteria or fungi, that breaks down dead organic matter from plants and animals, releasing nutrients back into the environment so they can be used by producers (plants) to create new energy

1. energy which a body possesses by virtue of being in motion
3. the movement of energy from one place or object to anothe
5. the emission of energy as electromagnetic waves or as moving subatomic particles
8. the induced or spontaneous change of one element into another by a nuclear process
9. an organism, like a plant or algae, that can create its own food (organic molecules) using energy from sunlight (photosynthesis) or chemical compounds (chemosynthesis)
14. the process by which heat or electricity is directly transmitted through a substance when there is a difference of temperature or of electrical potential between adjoining regions
15. the movement caused within a fluid by the tendency of hotter and therefore less dense material to rise, and colder, denser material to sink under the influence of gravity, which consequently results in transfer of hea