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