Module 6 Key Concepts and Vocabulary Crossword

Edit Answers
1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435
Across
  1. 2. the movement of energy through an ecosystem
  2. 5. a diagram showing energy amounts at different trophic levels
  3. 6. the organelle where cellular respiration occurs and where energy is created
  4. 10. organisms that eat dead organic matter (ex: earthworms)
  5. 14. the first step of cellular respiration that breaks down glucose
  6. 15. organisms that break down dead matter
  7. 16. an organism that eats other organisms
  8. 17. the movement of energy from one organism to another
  9. 18. the feeding levels in a food chain or web
  10. 19. created by cellular respiration for quick use of energy when needed (think battery)
  11. 20. the sugar made during photosynthesis
  12. 23. the process that plant and animal cells use to release energy from food--occurs in mitochondria
  13. 25. the gas cycle involving oxygen moving through organisms and environment
  14. 29. the principle that matter cannot be created or destroyed
  15. 33. the cycle that moves water through Earth’s systems
  16. 34. a community of living and nonliving things interacting together
  17. 35. when bacteria breaks down nitrogen from the air into soil so that plants can use them
Down
  1. 1. the cycle that moves nitrogen through ecosystems
  2. 3. a process that does not require oxygen
  3. 4. energy from the sun
  4. 7. living things in an ecosystem
  5. 8. organisms that must eat other organisms for energy
  6. 9. the process of creating offspring
  7. 11. the movement of matter through living and nonliving parts of ecosystems
  8. 12. a network of connected food chains
  9. 13. the cycle that moves carbon through living and nonliving things
  10. 19. nonliving things in an ecosystem
  11. 21. a process that requires oxygen
  12. 22. when water vapor cools and turns into liquid--the second step of the water cycle
  13. 24. the process where liquid water turns into vapor--the first step of the water cycle
  14. 26. any form of water—liquid or solid—that falls from the atmosphere and reaches the Earth's surface--the last step of the water cycle
  15. 27. the organelle where photosynthesis happens
  16. 28. the process that happens in the chloroplast that plants use to make food using sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide
  17. 30. a series of organisms each dependent on the next for food
  18. 31. aerobic process where specialized soil bacteria convert ammonia into nitrites that are used for plants to create proteins and DNA
  19. 32. organisms that make their own food