Cycles in Nature Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• matter : _ is not created or destroyed, but is recycled.
• carbon : the _ cycle is _ moving from producers to consumers to decomposers back to producers
• producers : these organisms use photosynthesis to make their own food.
• molecule : elements bonded together
• model : a simplified version of a real-life event. example: the oxygen cycle
• oxygen : the _ cycle is _ moving from plants to the atmosphere to animals back to the atmosphere/plants
• photosynthesis : the process of using sunlight to turn carbon dioxide into sugar
• cycle : reoccurring events that happen in nature
• consumers : these organisms eat other organisms to get their carbon and energy
• cellular respiration : the process of breaking down sugar into carbon dioxide.
• decomposers : these organisms break down dead organisms back into small molecules and elements