Ecosystem Review

3. an animal that eats only plants and plant products
6. Chain the path of energy through an ecosystem
8. a process in plants that uses sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to make food
10. Earth's gases: oxygen, carbon dioxide
12. an organism that gets energy by eating other organisms
14. an animal that eats another animal
17. an animal that eats only other animals
18. an animal that is eaten by another animal
20. the clearing of forests or trees for non-forest use
23. any form of water that falls from the sky

1. an organism that can make its own food and provides food for other organisms
2. worms, mushrooms, and fungi break down decaying organisms
4. an animal that eats plants and other animals
5. living
7. when two or more things rely on each other in an ecosystem
9. Earth's liquids water and ice, water in the soil and rock, and water vapor in the air
11. Earth: contains mountains, volcanoes, etc
13. Web ALL of the paths that energy can take through an ecosystem
15. Cycle the process in which water is recycled over and over again through the hydrosphere
16. Earth's living things
19. water vapor returns to a liquid state (helps clouds to form)
21. where water turns to water vapor and rises
22. nonliving