ecology by jillian

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Across
  1. 4. this makes its own food (ex. all plants and certain microorganisms)
  2. 6. an environmental FACTOR that is not alive , never lived, and was not part of something (ex. gases in air or heat)
  3. 8. being dependent on others for some needs, being mutually dependent dependent on each other
  4. 11. animals use this. food/glucose are used and carbon dioxide is made
  5. 12. eats both plants and meat
  6. 13. the variety of life (or species) on earth
  7. 15. all of the living and non living things that interact in an area
  8. 16. how an ecosystem changes over time (primary and
  9. 17. one living thing
  10. 18. eats dead animals
Down
  1. 1. must eat something for energy (ex. all animals)
  2. 2. all the members of one species living in an area
  3. 3. eats plants
  4. 4. this shows the amount of energy that moves from one energy level to the nest (energy is used during to the life processes
  5. 5. eats meat
  6. 7. provides the energy for food chains
  7. 9. plants use this. water, sunlight , and carbon dioxide are used and sugar (glucose) and oxygen are made
  8. 10. all the different populations living in an area (no abiotic factors)
  9. 13. a FACTOR that is living or once living (and now dead) or made by something that was alive
  10. 14. recycles dead organisms and wastes (ex. molds, mushrooms, and some bacteria)