Unit 3 Vocab

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Across
  1. 2. eat for energy
  2. 8. all organisms in an area and their physical surroundings
  3. 9. nonliving
  4. 11. where organisms are on energy scale
  5. 13. bacteria that use no-light photosynthesis
  6. 14. a network of processes where matter/energy is transferred from one system to another
  7. 15. part of larger pathways of energy
  8. 16. the region of our planet where life resides, made of many ecosystems
  9. 20. herbivores, uses plants to create biomass
  10. 21. 1st trophic, makes own energy
  11. 22. 3rd trophic, eats 2nd
  12. 23. photosynthesis, uses sunlight to create biomass
Down
  1. 1. when photosynthesis is unavailable, no-light photosynthesis, still makes energy
  2. 3. rate at which producers make useful energy
  3. 4. 2nd trophic, eats plants for energy
  4. 5. the study of relationships between living things
  5. 6. total rate of photosynthesis in an area
  6. 7. living
  7. 10. top trophic, apex predators, eats lower levels, least energy
  8. 12. can produce own energy
  9. 17. use photosynthesis, turn light into energy
  10. 18. sum or secondary and primary ______ minus what decomposers use
  11. 19. pathway of energy in an ecosystem