Ecosystems and Biogeochemical Cycles

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Across
  1. 3. an organism that cannot produce its own food and must eat other plants and/or animals to get energy.
  2. 5. an organism that mostly feeds on plants
  3. 6. an organism that eats dead or decaying plants or animals as food.
  4. 7. A living organism that shapes an environment
  5. 9. an organism that mostly eats meat, or the flesh of animals.
  6. 11. an organism that regularly consumes a variety of material, including plants, animals, algae, and fungi.
  7. 14. the ability to do work
  8. 15. microscopic marine algae.
  9. 17. an organism that eats other plants or animals for energy and nutrients.
  10. 18. an organism that serves as a primary producer in a food chain.
  11. 19. geographic area where plants, animals, and other organisms, as well as weather and landscape, work together to form a bubble of life
Down
  1. 1. aquatic and photosynthetic,
  2. 2. organism that breaks down dead organic material
  3. 4. a class of organisms that obtain their energy through the oxidation of inorganic molecules, such as iron and magnesium
  4. 8. involves the use of energy released by inorganic chemical reactions to produce food
  5. 10. Non-living part of an ecosystem that shapes its environment
  6. 12. organisms that produce food for themselves and other organisms
  7. 13. organisms that can make their own energy using light and carbon dioxide via the process of photosynthesis
  8. 16. the mass of living organisms, including plants, animals, and microorganisms, or, from a biochemical perspective, cellulose, lignin, sugars, fats, and proteins.