Ecosystems Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 4. chain: A series of steps by which energy moves from one type of living thing to another.
  2. 5. Respiration: The process by which cells break down sugar to release energy.
  3. 8. The process by which plants make a sugar called glucose.
  4. 9. All of the conditions surrounding an organism.
  5. 10. An organism that cannot make its own food.
  6. 11. web: A diagram that combines many food chains into one picture.
  7. 12. An attempt to preserve or protect an environment from harmful changes.
Down
  1. 1. An organism that makes its own food for energy.
  2. 2. The struggle among organisms for the same limited resources.
  3. 3. Any substance that damages the environment.
  4. 6. Any animal that is hunted by others for food.
  5. 7. An organism that gets its energy by breaking down wastes and dead organisms.
  6. 8. A consumer that hunts and eats another animal.