Across
- 1. A group of living and nonliving things that interact in one place
- 5. A gas released during cellular respiration (could also be interpreted as the element cycling in ecosystems)
- 6. An organism that makes its own food
- 7. The element that cycles through ecosystems and is found in all living things
- 9. Statement that answers a scientific question
- 11. An organism that eats other organisms
- 12. A logical explanation that connects a claim to evidence
- 14. A person or scientist uses this to support a claim
- 15. Respiration A process cells use to break down food and release energy
Down
- 2. Argument A discussion based on a claim, evidence, and reasoning
- 3. A living part of the environment
- 4. The process plants use to make their own food
- 7. Dioxide Gas taken in by plants during photosynthesis
- 8. System A system where no matter can enter or leave
- 10. An organism that breaks down dead material
- 13. Matter Non-living parts of an environment
- 14. Storage Molecules The molecules where organisms store energy
