Across
- 5. the process in which the suns energy is converted into chemical energy
- 8. the form of energy transferred during heating or cooling
- 9. the function a species serves in its ecosystem
- 11. non-living things
- 13. the level of an organism in an ecosystem depending on its feeding position along a food chain
- 15. animals that consumes plants or other animals
- 16. living things
- 18. a large geographical region defined by climate, precipitation and temperature
- 19. a flesh eating animal
Down
- 1. an animal that feeds on plants
- 2. the mass of living organisms in a given area
- 3. all the living organisms and their physical and chemical environment
- 4. visible forms of radiant energy
- 5. organism that produces its own food
- 6. the ability to maintain an ecological balance
- 7. a representation of energy, numbers, or biomass relationships in ecosystems
- 10. an animal or person that eats food of both plant and animal origin
- 12. a sequence of organisms, each feeding on the next
- 14. the study of interaction among organisms
- 17. shows you whats eaten and what eats what in a given ecosystem