Across
- 5. Green pigment that absorbs light energy.
- 6. Enzyme in saliva that breaks down starch.
- 8. Type of nutrition where the organism derives nutrition from a host without killing it.
- 9. Organisms that cannot produce their own food and depend on others.
- 10. Enzyme that breaks down proteins in the stomach.
- 11. Small pores on leaves for gas exchange.
Down
- 1. Organisms that prepare their own food (e.g., green plants).
- 2. Simple sugar produced during photosynthesis, \(C_{6}H_{12}O_{6}
- 3. Small finger-like projections in the small intestine that increase surface area for absorption.
- 4. Process by which green plants make their own food using sunlight, \(CO_{2}\), and water.
- 7. Nutrition obtained from dead and decaying matter.