Extended Vocabulary: Populations and Ecosystems

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Across
  1. 4. living organism
  2. 6. the levels in an ecosystem that consist of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd levels
  3. 7. the process of plants using sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to create energy in the form of sugar
  4. 8. the product of photosynthesis
  5. 11. organisms that eat others for energy
  6. 13. renewable organic material that comes from plants and animals
  7. 15. the role an organism plays in the community
  8. 16. a small molecule that is the building block of proteins
  9. 18. the accumulation of a chemical by an organism from ingesting other plants or animals
  10. 19. the place where an organism lives & makes its home
  11. 20. a group of organisms that can naturally reproduce and share common characteristics
Down
  1. 1. a group of individuals of the same species
  2. 2. non-living object
  3. 3. organisms that create their own energy
  4. 5. what cells do to break up sugars to get energy to use
  5. 9. a compound such as sugar or starch that stores energy.
  6. 10. anything that constrains a population from growing too big
  7. 12. the flashing light produced by atmospheric electricity
  8. 14. interaction between 3 organisms that live in close physical association
  9. 17. energy which is possessed by being in motion