Unit 1.4 - 1.11 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 1. A consumer that eats other consumers.
  2. 4. A carnivore that eats secondary consumers.
  3. 6. Fungi and bacteria that convert organic matter into small elements and molecules that can be recycled back into the ecosystem.
  4. 8. An organism that consumes dead animals.
  5. 12. The combined amount of evaporation and transpiration
  6. 13. The amount of biomass present in an ecosystem at a particular time.
  7. 14. The transportation of dissolved molecules through the soil via groundwater.
  8. 16. The process by which cells unlock the energy of chemical compounds.
  9. 18. A representation of the distribution of biomass, numbers, or energy among trophic levels.
  10. 19. A carnivore that eats primary consumers.
  11. 21. A nutrient required for the growth of an organism but available in a lower quantity than other nutrients.
  12. 23. The successive levels of all organisms consuming one another.
  13. 24. The sequence of consumption from producers through tertiary consumers.
  14. 26. The region of our planet where life resides, the combination of all ecosystems on Earth.
  15. 29. The movements of matter within and between ecosystems.
  16. 30. The proportion of consumed energy that can be passed from one trophic level to another.
  17. 31. An organism that uses the energy of the Sun to produce usable forms of energy, also known as Autotroph
  18. 33. A phenomenon in which a body of water becomes rich in nutrients.
Down
  1. 2. The movement of nitrogen around the biosphere.
  2. 3. The total amount of solar energy that producers in an ecosystem capture via photosynthesis over a given amount of time.
  3. 5. A consumer that eats producers, also known as Primary consumer.
  4. 7. The movement of sulfur around the biosphere.
  5. 9. The total mass of all living matter in a specific area.
  6. 10. A complex model of how energy and matter move between trophic levels.
  7. 11. The movement of phosphorus around the biosphere.
  8. 15. The energy captured by producers in an ecosystem minus the energy producers respire.
  9. 17. The release of water from leaves during photosynthesis.
  10. 20. The process by which producers use solar energy to convert carbon dioxide and water into glucose.
  11. 22. The movement of carbon around the biosphere.
  12. 25. The movement of water through the biosphere.
  13. 27. An organism that is incapable of photosynthesis and must obtain its energy by consuming other organisms, also known as heterotroph.
  14. 28. An organism that specializes in breaking down dead tissues and waste products into smaller particles.
  15. 32. Water that moves across the land surface and into streams and rivers.