Photosynthesis Crossword

2. gas produced by burning carbon and organic compounds and by respiration.
6. organism that eats other plants or animals for energy and nutrients.
9. the process in which green plants use sunlight to make their own food.
11. gained through absorption in consumers.
12. a colourless, transparent, odourless liquid that is the basis of the fluids of living organisms.
13. any kind of green plant.
15. the upper layer of earth in which plants grow.
16. rays from the sun that provide energy for plants.

1. a green pigment which is responsible for the absorption of light to provide energy for photosynthesis.
3. plant or animal material used as fuel to produce electricity or heat, plants produce this through photosynthesis.
4. total rate at which material is produced and net primary production.
5. organism that can produce its own food using light, water, carbon dioxide, or other chemicals.
7. areas where all living creatures (plants & animals) interact with non-living things.
8. graphical representation, showing the flow of energy at each trophic level in an ecosystem.
10. animals whose primary food source is plant-based.
14. the chemical element of atomic number 8 and the life-supporting component of the air.
17. gained by consumers in energy or biomass per unit area per unit time remaining after allowing for respiratory losses.