Unit 2: Matter and Energy in Organisms and Ecosystems

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Across
  1. 2. Term used for non-living physical factors such as temperature and air
  2. 5. Organelle in which glycolysis occurs
  3. 8. Name of the green pigment inside chloroplasts which absorbs light energy
  4. 12. Name for a close relationship between two species where one or both benefits
  5. 14. Term which describes the movement of energy from the Sun to the producers and consumers
  6. 17. Law which states that in chemical reactions, matter cannot be created or destroyed
  7. 20. The original source of almost all energy in most ecosystems
  8. 22. Gas which animals exhale that plants use during photosynthesis
  9. 25. Human activity which increases the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
  10. 26. Type of carbohydrate formed of only two sugars are linked together
  11. 29. Type of organisms which consume other organisms for energy
  12. 30. Type of respiration in which oxygen is not present
  13. 32. First trophic level in a food chain
  14. 33. Process which lets autotrophs convert light energy into chemical energy
  15. 35. Term used to describe the heavy reliance of all living things on other organisms
  16. 36. First stage of cellular respiration
  17. 37. Organelle in which Krebs Cycle and Electron Transport occurs
  18. 38. Gas released as a waste product of photosynthesis
  19. 39. Representation of a chemical reaction which shows reactants, products and their quantities
  20. 40. Organelle in plants which captures light energy for photosynthesis
  21. 41. Element which mostly makes up organic compounds and is essential to life on Earth
Down
  1. 1. Type of aerobic respiration which produces lactic acid in muscle cells
  2. 3. Process in which organisms use to break down food molecules to release energy
  3. 4. Molecule which is the main source of energy for most cellular processes
  4. 6. Process which bacteria use to make food using energy from inorganic chemicals instead of sunlight
  5. 7. Diagram which represents multiple pathways through which energy and matter flow through an ecosystem
  6. 9. The name of the compound which is mostly made of carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen that functions as an energy source
  7. 10. Second stage of cellular respiration
  8. 11. Diagram which represents a single pathway by which energy and matter flow through an ecosystem
  9. 13. Type of organisms which make their own food using energy from sunlight or chemicals
  10. 15. Type of reaction in organisms which builds larger molecules from smaller ones
  11. 16. Type of organism which eats both animals and plants
  12. 18. Main product of the Calvin Cycle
  13. 19. Type of carbohydrate that glucose and fructose are examples of
  14. 21. Term for an individual living thing that may be made up of one or more organ systems
  15. 23. Type of carbohydrate made up of multiple sugars linked together
  16. 24. Term used when two organisms fight for the same resource at the same time and place
  17. 27. Cycle which moves carbon through atmospheres, oceans, and living organisms
  18. 28. Term which describes each step in a food chain/web
  19. 31. Stage of photosynthesis when carbon dioxide is fixed into glucose
  20. 34. Third stage of cellular respiration