Across
- 2. overlapping food chains showing energy flow
- 4. the natural home of an organism
- 6. diagram showing energy loss at each trophic level
- 9. process that breaks down glucose to make ATP
- 10. first step of respiration splitting glucose
- 11. green pigment that captures sunlight energy
- 15. group of individuals of the same species in one place
- 16. organelle where respiration occurs
- 17. process plants use to make food from sunlight
- 20. breaks down dead matter and recycles nutrients
- 26. the role or job of an organism in an ecosystem
- 27. a community of organisms interacting with their environment
- 28. another name for a producer that makes its own food
- 29. organelle where photosynthesis takes place
Down
- 1. energy from the sun used in photosynthesis
- 3. variety of living things in an ecosystem
- 5. jellylike fluid where glycolysis happens
- 7. gas released by plants during photosynthesis
- 8. energy process without oxygen making little ATP
- 10. sugar made by plants for energy
- 12. gas taken in by plants during photosynthesis
- 13. another name for a consumer that eats others for energy
- 14. an organism that eats other organisms
- 18. the maximum number an environment can support
- 19. a resource that restricts population growth
- 21. all the populations living in an area
- 22. an organism that makes its own food
- 23. stage of respiration producing CO₂ and energy carriers
- 24. small openings on leaves for gas exchange
- 25. molecule that stores and transfers cell energy