Energy Flow in an Ecosystem

5. process without oxygen
8. ability to do work
11. an organism that feeds on other animals/organisms
12. an organism that relies on producers for its energy needs
14. process of combining and creating new compounds
17. organisms that are a vital part of the recycling of molecules in an ecosystem
19. main producers in aquatic environments
20. requires oxygen to function
21. process that produces energy from the sun and makes it available to the ecosystem

1. a process that uses glucose to create energy for cellular functions
2. water ecosystems
3. salt water environments
4. what sort of consumer an organism is classified as
6. like photosynthesis, but in the absence of sun uses chemical compounds instead
7. an organism that creates its own energy from the Sun and available molecules.
9. low salinity(salt) water systems
10. an organism that relies on other organisms for its energy needs
13. an organism that eats other plants or animals for energy and nutrients
15. suffix meaning feeder
16. main consumer of phytoplankton, along with invertebrates
18. an organism that creates its own nutrients with energy from the sun