Ecosystems and biogeochemical cycles
Across
- 3. Comes from the sun, which is the main source of it
- 5. Another word for producers
- 6. A non-living part of an ecosystem that shapes its environment
- 7. Occurs on a surface NO ecosystem has existed before
- 9. Provide a structure for understanding food chains and how energy flows through an ecosystem.
- 14. Convert water, carbon dioxide, minerals, and sunlight into the organic molecules
- 15. Any liquid or frozen water that forms in the atmosphere and falls to Earth
- 16. The process by which a liquid turns into a gas
- 17. Animals that ONLY eat meats
- 18. An organism that decomposes organic material
- 19. Occurs where PREVIOUS ecosystem has existed before
- 20. The first to colonize newly created environments
Down
- 1. Transform water, sunlight, and carbon dioxide into oxygen, and simple sugars
- 2. A living organism that shapes its environment
- 4. Animals that eat primary consumers
- 8. Animals that get their energy by eating plants or other animals
- 10. Animals the eat BOTH plants and meats
- 11. The process where water vapor becomes liquid
- 12. Animals that eat plants
- 13. ONLY eats plants