Vocab crossword part 1

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Across
  1. 5. the ability to maintain an ecological balance
  2. 6. living things, their remains, and features such as nests, associated with their activities
  3. 8. the process by which sugar and oxygen are converted into carbon dioxide and water, to provide energy for the cell
  4. 10. Earth’s solid outer layer
  5. 12. an organism that obtains its energy from consuming other organisms
  6. 13. the non-living physical and chemical components of an ecosystem
  7. 14. all of Earth’s water in solid, liquid, and gas form
  8. 15. all the living organisms and their physical and chemical environment
  9. 16. visible forms of radiant energy
Down
  1. 1. energy that travels through empty space
  2. 2. the layer of gases surrounding Earth
  3. 3. an organism that makes it own energy rich food compounds using the Sun’s energy
  4. 4. an ecosystem that is maintained through natural processes
  5. 7. the zone around Earth where life can exist
  6. 9. the form of energy transferred during heating and cooling
  7. 11. the process in which the Sun’s energy is converted into chemical energy