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