Across
- 1. an animal that gains energy and nutrients from plants
- 3. - animals that consume other animals, on higher pyramid placement
- 6. - all of the populations of different species living in a habitat
- 8. - animals that are eaten by other animals
- 13. - The scientific way of saying burning.
- 14. - An animal that feeds on other animals
- 15. - Main source of energy input to biological systems from the sun.
- 17. Mass of the organic material measured in a specific area over a set period
- 18. - The conversion of ammonium ions --> nitrate ions by the nitrification of bacteria. Ammonium ions oxidised to nitrite, nitrite oxidised to nitrate
- 19. - The conversion of nitrate ions to nitrogen gas by denitrifying bacteria
- 20. - Organisms that feed on other organisms to obtain energy and chemicals
Down
- 2. - The process of organisms taking in nutrients by taking in foods or drinking into their body with mouth
- 4. - The community of living and non-living things of an area and their interactions
- 5. - All organisms of the same species living with one another in a particular habitat at the same time
- 7. - The breakdown of dead organisms into simpler matters
- 9. - Chemical reaction in the cells to produce energy from nutrient molecules
- 10. - water loss from plant leaves and shoots by diffusion or osmosis
- 11. - the process by which water is transformed from a liquid into a gas
- 12. - A reaction that takes place for plants to gain energy by light energy
- 16. - The remains of dead organisms found in rocks that are really old
