Across
- 4. Primary source of energy for most ecosystems
- 5. Gas produced by photosynthesis
- 8. Ecosystem role that includes decomposing organic matter
- 10. Movement of water through a membrane
- 11. Species that plays a crucial role in an ecosystem
- 13. Maximum population size an environment can support
- 15. Short term energy storage molecule in cells
- 18. Organism that eats primary consumers
- 19. Regulates transport of materials in and out of the cell
- 20. Process of forming RNA from DNA
- 22. Organism that consumes plants
- 23. Living component of an ecosystem
- 24. Maintains internal stability in organisms
- 25. Disruptive species not native to an area
Down
- 1. Type of feedback loop that stabilizes a system
- 2. Cell's control center
- 3. Breaks down glucose to release energy
- 6. Process by which cells produce ATP in the presence of oxygen
- 7. Organism that performs photosynthesis
- 9. Non-living component of an ecosystem
- 12. Catalyst that lowers activation energy in reactions
- 14. Genetic material in the nucleus
- 16. Process of converting light energy to chemical energy
- 17. Protein synthesis site in cells
- 21. Flow of energy and cycling of matter in ecosystems