Ecosystems + Producers

2. this layer of the rainforest is at the bottom-its mostly dark
4. this is the study of how living and nonliving things interact with their environments
6. this layer of the rainforest is at the top-where you would find birds
8. this is the part of a plant where photosynthesis occurs
11. this is the process plant a plant uses to make food from carbon dioxide, water and sunlight
12. organisms need these but they do not provide us energy
13. this is what plant sugar turns into when it is stored in the plant
15. this green substance in plant leaves is what captures sunlight
16. these guys are part of the ecosystem that capture energy in sunlight, which is used to make food

1. this ecosystem is made up of freshwater-small body of water
3. this and glucose are products of photosynthesis (this is their waste material)
5. this is another word for the sugar that a plant makes
7. what we call all living and nonliving things that interact with each other in an area
9. organisms need this and food to live
10. the amazon rainforest is located on this continent
14. van Helmont thought that this was what fed a plant, but proved it was actually water