Unit 6: Carbon Cycle and Ecology

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Across
  1. 1. Conditions and/or natural resources that control population growth/size
  2. 3. All of the living and non-living things in one area
  3. 8. A location that stores more carbon than it releases
  4. 10. An organism that must consume another organism for energy
  5. 15. A relationship in which one organism benefits and the other is harmed
  6. 17. The organelle where photosynthesis takes place
  7. 18. The sugar that photosynthesis produces
  8. 20. Describes non-living things
  9. 21. Movement of an individual OUT OF a population
  10. 22. Movement of an individual INTO a new population
  11. 23. All of the members of the same species living in one area
  12. 24. The energy molecule that cellular respiration produces
Down
  1. 1. The kind of growth curve that slows due to limiting factors: S-shaped
  2. 2. The average maximum size a population can grow to and maintain due to limiting factors
  3. 4. A relationship in which one organism benefits and the other is not affected
  4. 5. The process of burning carbon-based materials
  5. 6. The process by which worms, bacteria, and fungi break down dead things
  6. 7. The percent of energy passed on from one trophic level to the next
  7. 9. An organism that creates its own energy through photosynthesis
  8. 11. The correct way to spell your teacher's last name
  9. 12. The variability of species living in an area
  10. 13. The organelle where cellular respiration takes place
  11. 14. A location that releases more carbon than it stores
  12. 16. A relationship in which both organisms benefit
  13. 19. Describes living things
  14. 21. The kind of growth curve that continues unchecked: J-shaped