Across
- 2. an organism that obtains energy from consuming other organisms
- 9. layer of gases surrounding Earth
- 11. an ecosystem that is maintained through natural processes
- 12. the ability to maintain a balance
- 13. Earth’s solid outer layer
- 14. living things, their remains, and features, associated with their activities
- 16. an organism that makes its own energy using the Sun’s energy
- 17. the zone around Earth where life can exist
Down
- 1. A chemical process in which energy is released from food
- 3. the function a species serves in its ecosystem,
- 4. the non-living physical and chemical components of an ecosystem
- 5. visible forms of radiant energy
- 6. community of living organisms
- 7. energy that travels through empty space
- 8. the process in which the Sun's energy is converted into chemical energy
- 10. all of Earth's water forms
- 15. the form of energy transferred during temperature