Across
- 2. A complex map showing who eats who in an ecosystem
- 6. A square or rectangular area marked off by scientists along which they collect data is a....
- 8. Photosynthesis releases...
- 11. A linear area along which scientists collect data is a...
- 12. A biological community of interacting organisms (plants and animals) and their physical environment is called...
- 13. Organisms that break down dead things or waste
- 18. The main "thing" plants need to do photosynthesis
Down
- 1. The process by which plants convert light energy into chemical energy
- 3. Physical "stuff" (think back to chemistry)
- 4. Organism that eats BOTH meat and plants
- 5. Factors that are or were alive
- 7. Factors that are NOT or never were alive
- 9. The study of living things and their environments
- 10. When a native or non-native species "takes over" a space it shouldn't
- 14. Most All energy in an ecosystem begins with this
- 15. shows ONE path of "who eats who"
- 16. What is a small system that can represent a bigger system?
- 17. Lots of different species (both plant and animal) in an ecosystem