Matter and Energy in the Ecosystem

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Across
  1. 5. a type of energy storage molecule
  2. 6. the process by which plants and other producers use energy from sunlight to change carbon dioxide and water into oxygen and glucose (an energy storage molecule)
  3. 8. the part of a cell where cellular respiration happens
  4. 11. an organism that can make its own energy storage molecules (such as glucose)
  5. 14. a molecule that organisms can use to release the energy needed to survive
  6. 16. matter that makes up the nonliving parts of an ecosystem, such as air, water, and rocks
  7. 19. living things, such as plants, animals, and bacteria
  8. 22. a set of interacting parts forming a complex whole
  9. 25. the chemical reaction between oxygen and glucose that releases energy into cells
  10. 26. a type of energy storage molecule made of many glucose molecules connected together
  11. 27. an organism that gets energy storage molecules (such as glucose) by breaking down dead matter
  12. 29. a molecule made of carbon and oxygen atoms
  13. 30. a type of energy storage molecule
Down
  1. 1. the part of a cell where photosynthesis happens
  2. 2. a starting substance that is part of a chemical reaction
  3. 3. to link two or more things
  4. 4. matter that makes up the living and dead organisms in an ecosystem
  5. 7. the ability to make things move or change
  6. 9. During photosynthesis, plants transforms sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide into _______ and glucose.
  7. 10. During photosynthesis, plants transforms _______, water, and carbon dioxide into oxygen and glucose.
  8. 12. an organism that needs to eat in order to get energy storage molecules (such as starch and fat)
  9. 13. During photosynthesis, plants transforms sunlight, _______, and carbon dioxide into oxygen and glucose.
  10. 15. all the living and nonliving things interacting in a particular area
  11. 17. a closed ecosystem made by humans
  12. 18. the tiny pieces that all matter—all the stuff in the world—is made of
  13. 20. (byproduct)something that results from a process
  14. 21. a group of atoms joined together in a particular way
  15. 23. a type of atom (a tiny piece) that makes up molecules such as carbon dioxide and energy storage molecules
  16. 24. a molecule that organisms can use to release energy, and that is made of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms
  17. 28. an ending substance that is made during a chemical reaction