Unit 5 words

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Across
  1. 5. in plants, energy from the sun is stored within the chemical bonds of this molecule
  2. 7. an element that is essential for making molecules like niacin and amino acids (proteins)
  3. 10. an organism that makes its own food using energy from the sun
  4. 11. a nutrient found in corn and that is removed by modern processing
  5. 12. a resource or environmental condition that restricts the growth of organisms in a population
  6. 13. energy that is not passed up to the next trophic level may be lost to the environment in this form
Down
  1. 1. the process that converts light energy to stored chemical energy
  2. 2. a disease caused by vitamin B3 deficiency
  3. 3. the maximum number of organisms an area can hold
  4. 4. a diagram that shows decreasing availability of energy for each trophic level
  5. 6. a nutrient _______ shows how elements like nitrogen and phosphorus change forms as they move between the atmosphere, biosphere, and geosphere
  6. 8. the percent of energy that is passed up to the next trophic level
  7. 9. the matter stored in living things