Energy Flow Crossword

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Across
  1. 4. The rate at which an ecosystem accumulates energy or biomass, excluding the energy it uses for the process of respiration.
  2. 6. when energy is passed in an ecosystem from one trophic level to the next, only ten percent of the energy will be passed on.
  3. 10. the visual summary of the feeding interactions within a community.
  4. 12. displays the biomass of each trophic level.
  5. 15. the process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water.
  6. 17. a sequence in which energy is transferred from one organism to the next as each organism eats another organism.
  7. 19. the total production by all producers in an ecosystem.
Down
  1. 1. states that when energy is converted from one form to another in a physical or chemical change, no energy is created or destroyed.
  2. 2. shows the energy available at different trophic levels in an ecosystem.
  3. 3. the persistence of a community or ecosystem in the face of disturbance
  4. 5. states that when energy changes from one form to another, we always end up with lower-quality or less usable energy than we started with.
  5. 7. the synthesis of organic compounds by bacteria or other living organisms using energy derived from reactions involving inorganic chemicals.
  6. 8. the amount of energy that is transferred between trophic levels.
  7. 9. the production of organic matter, or biomass, by photosynthetic or chemosynthetic autotrophs.
  8. 11. shows the energy available at different trophic levels in an ecosystem.
  9. 13. position in a food web.
  10. 14. an inclusive term that encompasses all aspects of biological diversity
  11. 16. the production of biomass via the consumption of another organism by a heterotrophic organism.
  12. 18. solar energy is converted into chemical energy and then into mechanical energy.