Cell Cycle Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. An organism that consumes the bodies of dead organisms and wastes produced by living organisms
  2. 3. A group of organisms that can reproduce with each other and their offspring can also reproduce
  3. 6. A simple sugar made by producers through photosynthesis or chemosynthesis
  4. 8. During the oxygen and carbon dioxide cycles, this is released into the atmosphere through photosynthesis where it can be take in by living things to use for cellular respiration
  5. 13. A series of chemical reactions that convert the energy in food molecules into a usable source of energy called ATP
  6. 14. A word for "any living thing"
  7. 15. An organism that eats producer
  8. 16. All the populations living in an ecosystem at the same time
  9. 18. chain A simple model that shows how energy moves from a producer to one or more consumers through feeding relationships
  10. 19. A chemical process similar to photosynthesis in which producers use a chemical such as hydrogen sulfide or methane instead of light to produce glucose
  11. 20. An organism that cannot make its own food
  12. 22. During the oxygen and carbon dioxide cycles, this is released into the atmosphere through cellular respiration where it can be taken in by plants and other producers to use for photosynthesis
Down
  1. 1. The way a species interacts with the abiotic and biotic factors in its environment to obtain food, find shelter, and fulfill other needs
  2. 4. An organism that uses an outside energy source, such as the Sun, to produce its own food
  3. 5. Describes how water moves from Earth's surface into the atmosphere and then back again
  4. 7. An organism that eats herbivore, omnivores, and other carnivores
  5. 9. A microscopic detritivore
  6. 10. A model of energy transfer that can show how the food chains in a community are interconnected
  7. 11. The chemical process that uses carbon dioxide, water, and light energy (usually from the Sun) to produce glucose
  8. 12. An organism that eats producers and consumers
  9. 17. A model that shows the amount of energy available in each link of food chain
  10. 21. Describes how nitrogen moves from the atmosphere to the soil into the bodies of living organisms and back to the atmosphere