Across
- 4. sum of primary and secondary minus what decomposers use
- 6. long term storage of carbon
- 8. total rate of photosynthesis in a given area
- 12. organisms that create their own energy
- 13. promotes stability or reduces the rate at which change is occurring
- 14. amplifies a change or effect (can be very bad)
- 15. NH4+ is converted into nitrites and then nitrates by bacteria
Down
- 1. organisms that must eat to get energy
- 2. dissolving and washing away nutrients
- 3. photosynthesis, basis for most other growth in ecosystem
- 5. water is stored until it evaporates again
- 7. herbivores, creates biomass by eating plants
- 9. N2 is converted into ammonia and ammonium
- 10. bacteria convert some nitrates back into gas and releases it
- 11. ammonia and nitrates are taken up by plants and enter food web