Energy Flow in an Ecosystem

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Across
  1. 5. process without oxygen
  2. 8. ability to do work
  3. 11. an organism that feeds on other animals/organisms
  4. 12. an organism that relies on producers for its energy needs
  5. 14. process of combining and creating new compounds
  6. 17. organisms that are a vital part of the recycling of molecules in an ecosystem
  7. 19. main producers in aquatic environments
  8. 20. requires oxygen to function
  9. 21. process that produces energy from the sun and makes it available to the ecosystem
Down
  1. 1. a process that uses glucose to create energy for cellular functions
  2. 2. water ecosystems
  3. 3. salt water environments
  4. 4. what sort of consumer an organism is classified as
  5. 6. like photosynthesis, but in the absence of sun uses chemical compounds instead
  6. 7. an organism that creates its own energy from the Sun and available molecules.
  7. 9. low salinity(salt) water systems
  8. 10. an organism that relies on other organisms for its energy needs
  9. 13. an organism that eats other plants or animals for energy and nutrients
  10. 15. suffix meaning feeder
  11. 16. main consumer of phytoplankton, along with invertebrates
  12. 18. an organism that creates its own nutrients with energy from the sun