Ecosystems Vocabulary Review

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Across
  1. 3. breaks down already dead material
  2. 6. an area that has similar plants and animals
  3. 8. living layer of the Earth
  4. 11. rock, soil, temperature are all _______ parts of an ecosystem
  5. 13. the pigment in the leaf that along with the sun allows carbon dioxide and water molecules to be pulled apart
  6. 15. because plants make their own food they are considered ______
  7. 16. feeds on dead animals
  8. 17. any living thing in an ecosystem
  9. 18. the process by which plants make their own food
  10. 19. organism that eats both plants and animals
  11. 20. an ecosystem is the _____________ between living and living and living and non-living parts of an environment
  12. 22. all of the living things in an ecosystem
Down
  1. 1. plants need carbon dioxide, sun and ______ to make energy
  2. 2. organism that only eats plants
  3. 4. this is released out of the stomata of a plant during photosynthesis
  4. 5. the name for sugar that is made by photosynthesis
  5. 7. when water in a lake heats up and turns from a liquid to a gas
  6. 9. a group of gorillas living in the rainforest is called a ....
  7. 10. all of the living parts of an ecosystem are called .....
  8. 12. the name for when water turns from a gas to a liquid in the clouds which leads to precipitation
  9. 13. organism that only eats animals
  10. 14. 90 percent of the water in a plant leaves through the stomata in a process called ....
  11. 21. the interaction of living and living and living and non-living parts of an environment is called a ....