Across
- 2. providing energy for the process of photosynthesis to occur.
- 9. released by plants in the atmosphere.
- 10. is a kind of animal that eats either other animals or plants.
- 11. is the process of breaking sugar into a form that the cell can use as energy.
- 13. organisms are able to make their own food.
- 18. is the energy currency of life.
- 19. allows plants to absorb energy from light.
- 20. the process of eliminating or expelling waste matter.
- 22. the absorption and digestion of food or nutrients by the body or any biological system.
- 23. typically found in plant leaves but can also be found in some stems.
- 24. is the process in your body that turns simple structures into more complex structures.
Down
- 1. responsible for gas exchange called respiration.
- 3. are animals that only eat plants.
- 4. intake by plants.
- 5. to continue to exist, and not to fail or be destroyed.
- 6. provides energy for vital processes and for synthesizing new organic material.
- 7. is an important organic compound in metabolism.
- 8. is a process used by plants and other organisms to convert light energy into chemical energy.
- 12. are animals that gets food from killing and eating other animals.
- 14. is a condition in which something takes in another substance.
- 15. the breakdown of complex molecules in living organisms to form simpler ones.
- 16. are mainly sugars and starches that the body breaks down into glucose.
- 17. organisms that can’t make its own food supply, so they have to eat other things, like plants or other animals, to survive.
- 21. which the plant collects through its roots.
- 24. delivers substances such as nutrients and oxygen to the cells.