Energy & Matter in an Ecosystem
Across
- 4. detritivore that breaks down dead organisms and waste products through chemical processes
- 6. organism that consumes food to obtain energy
- 10. factors that limit the growth of a population
- 11. organism that consumes producers only
- 13. model that shows trophic levels of an ecosystem
- 16. organism that consumes dead organisms or organic waste
- 17. substances that are produced in a chemical reaction
- 18. organism that consumes animals only
- 19. the living populations and non-living parts of a certain area
- 20. process that producers use to change carbon dioxide and water into glucose and oxygen
- 22. organism that produces food through the photosynthesis
- 23. refers to water environments
- 24. building block of matter
- 26. elements and compounds are rearranged to form new elements and compounds
Down
- 1. anything that has mass and volume
- 2. living thing
- 3. two or more elements that are bonded
- 5. sugar that organisms use in the process of cellular respiration to make energy
- 7. consumer that hunts other animals for food
- 8. protecting natural resources
- 9. model that shows the linear path of energy in an ecosystem
- 12. refers to land environments
- 14. substances that are changed in a chemical reaction
- 15. animals that are hunted for food
- 21. organism that consumes plants and animals
- 25. model that shows multiple paths of energy in an ecosystem
- 27. ability to do work
- 28. protists that make their own food