Ecosystems and Biogeochemical Cycles

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Across
  1. 5. an animal that eats both meat and plants
  2. 6. organisms that make their own food
  3. 9. the synthesis of organic compounds by bacteria using energy derived from reactions involving inorganic chemicals
  4. 12. an animal that eats meat
  5. 14. organisms that consume other organisms to get energy
  6. 17. organisms that makes its own food from inorganic substances
  7. 19. the process by which green plants and the chloroplasts in them use sunlight to synthesize nutrients from CO2 and water
  8. 20. organisms that carry out photosynthesis
Down
  1. 1. and organism that breaks down organic material
  2. 2. microorganisms that are related to the bacteria but are capable of photosynthesis
  3. 3. the quantity or weight of organisms in a given area
  4. 4. an animal that eats the producer
  5. 7. an organism that obtains energy by the oxidation of electron donors in their environments
  6. 8. a community of living organisms and their environment
  7. 10. not associated with living organisms
  8. 11. organisms that consume other plants or animals for nutrition
  9. 13. an animal that eats dead organic material
  10. 15. related to living organisms
  11. 16. plankton consisting of microscopic plants
  12. 18. an animal that eats plants