Across
- 2. The process where your plants make carbon dioxide and oxygen
- 3. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
- 7. a pigment that gives plants their green color,
- 10. includes the rocks and minerals on Earth
- 13. plant cell organelles that convert light energy into relatively stable chemical energy via the photosynthetic process
- 14. anything that takes up space and can be weighed
- 16. Not associated with or derived from living organisms
- 17. Respiration- a series of chemical reactions that break down glucose to produce ATP
- 19. membrane-bound cell organelles
- 20. the envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet.
- 22. as producers, consumers, and/or decomposers- Producers are organisms that make their own food by absorbing sunlight and using this energy to thrive. Consumers are animals that eat living things as a means of gaining energy. Decomposers break down dead plants and animals
Down
- 1. all the waters on the earth's surface, such as lakes and seas, and sometimes including water over the earth's surface, such as clouds.
- 4. The process of burning something
- 5. living organisms that are part of an environment
- 6. the regions of the surface, atmosphere, and hydrosphere of the earth (or analogous parts of other planets) occupied by living organisms.
- 8. The action of breathing
- 9. Fuel- a generic term for non-renewable energy sources such as coal, coal products, natural gas, derived gas, crude oil, petroleum products and non-renewable wastes
- 11. Sink- a forest, ocean, or other natural environment viewed in terms of its ability to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
- 12. the chemical element of atomic number 6, a nonmetal which has two main forms (diamond and graphite) and which also occurs in impure form in charcoal, soot, and coal.
- 15. the ability to do work
- 18. Source/Reservoir- the parts of the Earth that store carbon
- 21. The process where your plants make carbon dioxide and oxygen
- 23. Respiration- respiration using electron acceptors other than molecular oxygen
