Ecosystems and biogeochemical cycles

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Across
  1. 2. Non-living components of an ecosystem, such as water, sunlight, and soil.
  2. 3. The process by which water changes from liquid to gas.
  3. 4. The process of water vapor turning into liquid.
  4. 9. The rate at which plants produce energy in an ecosystem.
  5. 11. Organisms like fungi and bacteria that break down dead matter.
  6. 12. The different feeding levels in a food chain.
  7. 14. An organism that eats only plants.
  8. 16. An animal that eats only other animals.
  9. 19. An organism that eats primary consumers.
  10. 20. The total mass of living organisms in a given area.
Down
  1. 1. Organisms that must consume others for energy.
  2. 5. Organisms that produce their own food, usually through photosynthesis.
  3. 6. Living components of an ecosystem.
  4. 7. Another term for autotrophs, organisms that make their own food.
  5. 8. Organisms that eat other organisms for energy.
  6. 10. An organism that eats producers (plants).
  7. 13. Water that falls from the sky as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
  8. 15. An animal that eats both plants and animals.
  9. 17. The ability to do work, transferred through food chains.
  10. 18. A community of organisms interacting with their environment.