Across
- 1. Cycle ensuring oxygen availability in ecosystems
- 5. Organism that feeds on decomposing organic matter
- 8. Process plants use to convert sunlight into energy
- 11. Total individuals of a species in an ecosystem
- 14. Process releasing energy from glucose in cells
- 18. Organism transferring pollen for plant reproduction
- 19. Relationship where one benefits, other is harmed
- 21. Tree with epicormic buds enabling regrowth after fire
- 23. Position of an organism in a food chain
- 24. Process recycling carbon through ecosystems
- 25. Fires essential for germination in some Australian plants
- 26. Animal that eats plants
- 28. Prolonged water shortage affecting ecosystems
- 29. Organism that eats other organisms for energy
- 30. Second consumer level in a food chain
Down
- 2. Process converting nitrogen for ecosystem use
- 3. Living factors affecting an ecosystem
- 4. Organism that makes energy through photosynthesis or chemosynthesis
- 6. Network showing energy flow between species
- 7. Organic matter from decomposed plants and animals
- 9. Relationship where both species benefit
- 10. Close relationship between two different species
- 12. Animal that eats both plants and animals
- 13. Organism that produces its own food
- 15. Diagram showing energy distribution across trophic levels
- 16. Relationship where one benefits, other is unaffected
- 17. Non-living factors affecting an ecosystem
- 20. Gradual changes in ecosystem composition over time
- 22. Organism that relies on others for energy
- 27. Animal that eats other animals