Biogeochemical Cycles

5. organisms that use light energy and inorganic carbon to produce organic materials.
7. hierarchical levels in an ecosystem
9. an organism that is able to form nutritional organic substances from simple inorganic substances such as carbon dioxide.
10. Evaporation of water from the leaves of a plant
12. an organism, especially a soil bacterium, fungus, or invertebrate, that decomposes organic material.
13. Plants that make their own food through. sunlight, air, and water.
14. make up the second trophic level. They are also called herbivores
15. habitat after a destructive event, like a fire, that significantly alters an area but has not rendered it completely lifeless.
16. carnivores that feed on the primary consumers or herbivores
19. an animal that feeds on plants.
20. converting a liquid to gas

1. an organism deriving its nutritional requirements from complex organic substances.
2. An animal that feeds on other animals, not plants
3. an animal which feeds on dead organic material, especially plant detritus.
4. those that eats the secondary consumers
6. animals that get their energy by eating plants or other animals.
8. beginning step of ecological succession after an extreme disturbance
11. Any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth's surface.
17. a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.
18. relating to or involved in the process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize nutrients from carbon dioxide and water.