Across
- 4. the process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize nutrients from carbon dioxide and water.
- 6. The pigment in plant that captures solar energy.
- 8. A heterotroph is an organism that cannot fix carbon from inorganic sources but uses organic carbon for growth
- 9. An autotroph or producer, is an organism that produces complex organic compounds from simple substances present in its surroundings, generally using energy from light or inorganic chemical reactions.
- 10. The gas released during photosynthesis.
Down
- 1. a substance that provides nourishment essential for the maintenance of life and for growth.
- 2. The term used by farmers when adding fertilizers to the soil
- 3. s the process by which moisture is carried through plants from roots to small pores on the underside of leaves, where it changes to vapor and is released to the atmosphere.
- 5. Chemical formula: C6H12O6
- 7. the action of breathing