Across
- 1. States that energy is neither created nor destroyed under normal conditions.
- 3. Fungus or bacteria that breaks organic material into smaller molecules.
- 6. A symbiotic relationship between individuals of two different species in which both species benefit
- 7. Organism that eats both plants and animals.
- 10. Energy contained in moving objects.
- 11. A symbiotic relationship in which one member is benefited and the second is neither harmed nor benefited.
- 12. Organisms that consume organic litter.
- 16. A system in stable balance.
- 17. Extracting energy for life from inorganic chemicals, such as hydrogen sulfide.
- 21. A measure of disorder and usefulness of energy in a system.
- 24. A relationship in which one organism feeds on another without immediately killing it.
- 27. Stored energy that is latent but available for use.
- 31. The capacity to do work, such as moving matter over a distance.
- 32. States that, with each successive energy transfer or transformation in a system, less energy is available to do work.
- 33. The accumulated biological material produced by living organisms.
- 34. The flow of energy and/or matter into and out of a system.
Down
- 2. A complex, interlocking series of individual food chains in an ecosystem.
- 4. Organisms that consume carrion, or organisms not killed by the carnivore.
- 5. The biochemical process by which green plants and some bacteria capture light energy and use it to produce chemical bonds (sugars)
- 8. The process in which a cell breaks down sugar or other organic compounds to release energy.
- 9. The amount of biomass (biological material) produced in a given area during a given period of time.
- 11. Organism that obtains energy and nutrients by feeding on other organisms or their remains.
- 13. A signal or factor that tends to decrease a process.
- 14. A signal or factor that tends to increase a process or component.
- 15. Step in the movement of energy through an ecosystem; an organism’s feeding status in an ecosystem.
- 18. All the organisms genetically similar enough to breed and produce live, fertile offspring in nature.
- 19. Systems in which there is no exchange of energy or matter with its surroundings.
- 20. Photosynthesizing organisms.
- 22. Systems that exchange energy and matter with its environment.
- 23. The intimate living together of members of two species
- 25. Organism that only eat plants.
- 26. The populations of plants, animals, and microorganisms living and interacting in a certain area at a given time.
- 28. Organism that mainly prey upon animals.
- 29. Organisms that synthesize food molecules from inorganic compounds by using an external energy source.
- 30. Network of interdependent components and processes.