Across
- 3. a heterotroph
- 4. an organism that feeds on another
- 5. the process that breaks sugars down to form carbon dioxide
- 7. two organisms that interact with each other
- 8. the number of one type of organism living within an ecosystem
- 9. the process that convert carbon dioxide into living matter
- 13. the relationship between two organisms that is beneficial for both organisms
- 15. (chosen by grade 11 students) according to the second law of thermodynamics this always increases in a closed system
- 17. an organism that only eats plants
- 18. a living factor with an ecosystem
Down
- 1. the number of different organisms living with an ecosystem
- 2. an organism that decomposes dead matter
- 3. (2 words) movement of carbon through an ecosystem
- 6. the non-living components of an ecosystem
- 10. the living and no-living components make up this
- 11. an organism that feeds on other animals
- 12. an autotroph
- 14. feeding level
- 16. the process that rhizobium bacteria use to convert atmospheric nitrogen into living nitrogen
