Science Core Vocabulary for Energy, Matter, and Ecosystems

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Across
  1. 2. (n) the release of water vapor through tiny openings in plants' leaves
  2. 6. (n) (2 words) multiple connected food chains in an ecosystem
  3. 8. (n) the process used by producers to make glucose and oxygen from sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide
  4. 10. (n) a disturbance that interrupts a process
  5. 11. (n) a carbohydrate that living things break down to get energy
  6. 14. (n) an animal that eats other animals to meet its energy needs
  7. 15. (n) a living thing that makes its own food
  8. 16. (n) an animal that eats plants to meet its energy needs
  9. 17. (n) a single living thing
  10. 18. (n) (2 words) a series of organisms listed in a way that shows which is a food source for another
  11. 19. (n) all the living and nonliving things that interact in a given area
Down
  1. 1. (n) (2 words) the change of energy from one form to another
  2. 3. (n) a living that gets energy by eating other organisms for food
  3. 4. (n) the practice of growing plants without soil
  4. 5. (n) a form of sugar made by plants through the process of photosynthesis
  5. 7. (n) (2 words) the movement of energy from one location to another
  6. 9. (n) the continuing chemical reactions in living things that release and use energy
  7. 10. (n) an organism that breaks down dead plant and animal matter and returns nutrients to the soil
  8. 12. (n) an animal that eats both plants and other animals to meet its energy needs
  9. 13. (n) an animal that eats organisms that have already died