Ecosystems and Biogeochemical Cycles

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Across
  1. 6. process where plants lose water in the form of water vapor
  2. 9. The specific position an organism occupies in a food chain, representing one in the flow of energy through an ecosystem
  3. 11. Power derived from physical or chemical resources
  4. 13. an animal which feeds on dead organic material
  5. 14. Graphical model showing the flow of energy
  6. 16. Biological process in which cells break down nutrients
  7. 18. Essential biological process by which plants convert light energy
  8. 20. Total mass of all living or recently living organisms
Down
  1. 1. Process where microscopic organisms like bacteria or other types of decomposing organisms
  2. 2. Process where living organisms incorporate nutrients
  3. 3. Process by which water is transferred from the land to the atmosphere by evaporation
  4. 4. biological and physical process where liquid water turns into water vapor
  5. 5. An organism in a food chain that feeds on primary consumers to obtain energy
  6. 7. herbivores that eat the primary producers
  7. 8. first organisms to grow in an area after a disturbance
  8. 10. organisms that produce their own organic food
  9. 12. Organisms consuming others for their nutrition
  10. 15. A physical change where water vapor cools and turns into liquid
  11. 17. High-level carnivore that feeds on secondary consumers in a food chain
  12. 19. An animal that feeds on flesh