Unit 1 Crossword (William Smith)
Across
- 3. Northern forest biome with conifers
- 5. Cycle without a gaseous phase
- 10. Total mass of living matter
- 12. Diagram showing energy levels
- 13. Breaks down dead material
- 17. Level of feeding in a food chain
- 19. Water soaking into the ground
- 20. Cycle moving CO₂ through systems
- 23. One species hunts and eats another
- 26. Species used to assess ecosystem health
- 28. Tendency toward energy disorder
- 29. One species benefits, one is harmed
- 33. Converts nitrates to nitrogen gas
- 34. Feeds on dead organic matter
- 37. Symbiosis where both species benefit
- 38. Interacting system of living and nonliving things
- 40. Role and position in the environment
- 42. Makes its own food using sunlight
- 44. Long-term relationship between species
- 47. Forest with four seasons and broadleaf trees
- 50. Species with large ecosystem impact
- 51. Energy available to consumers after losses
- 52. Cycle involving fixation and denitrification
- 53. Eats other organisms for energy
Down
- 1. Where river meets the sea
- 2. Nonliving part of an ecosystem
- 4. Converts sunlight into chemical energy
- 6. Law stating energy can't be created or destroyed
- 7. Total amount of energy captured by producers
- 8. Complex network of food chains
- 9. Water that flows over land surfaces
- 11. Struggle for limited resources
- 14. Linear path of energy flow
- 15. Process converting N₂ to ammonia
- 16. Converts ammonia to nitrates
- 18. Cycle moving H₂O through ecosystems
- 21. Physical environment where species live
- 22. Rule stating energy transfer between levels
- 24. Hot, humid biome with high biodiversity
- 25. Long-term weather patterns in a region
- 27. Group of similar organisms that reproduce
- 30. Living part of an ecosystem
- 31. Reef ecosystem with high marine diversity
- 32. One species benefits, other unaffected
- 35. Nutrient uptake by organisms
- 36. Releases energy by breaking down food
- 39. Region with specific climate and life
- 41. Percent of energy transferred up a food chain
- 43. Measure of variety in life forms
- 45. Tropical grassland with scattered trees
- 46. Dry biome with sparse vegetation
- 48. Non-native and harmful species
- 49. Cold, treeless biome with permafrost