Ecology key terms

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Across
  1. 3. Green pigment involved in photosynthesis.
  2. 4. A large-scale ecosystem characterised by climate and vegetation.
  3. 5. The role of an organism within an ecosystem.
  4. 7. The splitting of glucose to release energy in cells.
  5. 9. A dynamic system of organisms interacting with their environment.
  6. 12. A collection of pigments and proteins in the thylakoid membrane.
  7. 14. Non-living environmental factors.
  8. 16. A small area within a habitat with distinct conditions.
  9. 17. A group of organisms of the same species living together.
Down
  1. 1. The global sum of all ecosystems on Earth.
  2. 2. Total energy fixed by photosynthesis before respiratory losses.
  3. 6. Pigments that absorb additional wavelengths and transfer energy to chlorophyll a.
  4. 8. Net energy stored after respiratory losses.
  5. 10. All populations living and interacting in an area.
  6. 11. The pattern showing how much light a pigment absorbs at different wavelengths.
  7. 13. Living environmental factors.
  8. 14. SPECTRUM Graph showing effectiveness of wavelengths in photosynthesis.
  9. 15. The place where an organism normally lives.