Plant Needs and Energy and Movement of Matter in Ecosystems

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Across
  1. 5. a pigment found in plant cells that captures sunlight and uses it to make energy for the plant
  2. 8. organisms that break down dead plants and animals into smaller pieces and recycle the nutrients back into the ecosystem
  3. 9. shows how matter moves through an ecosystem
  4. 11. the process used by plants to turn sunlight into energy
  5. 12. living things
Down
  1. 1. are grown in water instead of soil
  2. 2. involves plant a fish together in a system
  3. 3. organisms that make their own food using energy from the sun
  4. 4. a sugar that plants produce during photosynthesis; the plants food
  5. 5. organisms that eat other organisms
  6. 6. a colorless, odorless gas found in the air
  7. 7. organisms that break down dead plants and animals into smaller pieces and recycle the nutrients back into the ecosystem
  8. 10. microscopic openings in plant leaves, stems, petals that take in carbon dioxide and release oxygen