Energy Flow Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 1. The increasing concentration of a persistent, toxic chemical from the bottom to the top of a food chain
  2. 3. The energy or biomass that is left after the producers have metabolized enough for their own maintenance
  3. 7. Organisms such as millipedes and soil insects that scavenge the waste products or dead bodies of other community members and return nutrients from them to the soil.
  4. 9. Organisms that eat other animals that are dead
  5. 10. The manner in which organisms create energy in the absence of sun. These biological reactions use sulfur that is available to them in water or soil.
  6. 12. The position in a food chain in which an organism resides, based upon its primary source of nutrition
Down
  1. 2. Organisms that are able to capture the Sun's energy, water and carbon dioxide and convert it into food
  2. 4. The process by which green plants and other organisms use sunlight to synthesize food from water and carbon dioxide
  3. 5. An organism that consumes both plants and animals
  4. 6. Organisms that cannot produce their own food. They must obtain their energy from consuming other organisms
  5. 8. Organisms that break down leaf litter and other nonliving matter into simpler constituents that can be taken up and used by plants. These include fungi, bacteria, and earthworms.
  6. 11. The energy or biomass that is left after the producers have metabolized enough for their own growth, metabolism and heat loss. This is the amount that is then left to the primary consumers in a food web.