Ecosystems and Restoration Ecology Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• primary producers : trophic level that ultimately supports all others; autotrophs.
• detritus : nonliving organic material.
• mass conservation : matter cannot be created or destroyed.
• tertiary consumers : consumers that eat other carnivores.
• primary consumers : consumers that eat plant material an other primary consumers.
• detritivores : decomposers. consumers that get their energy from detritus.
• bio remediation : using organisms to detoxify polluted ecosystems.
• secondary consumers : consumers that eat herbivores.
• eutrophication : increased growth of organisms such as algae or cyanobacteria in water.
• turn overtime : standing crop divided by production.
• limiting nutrient : element that must be added for production to increase.
• biogeochemical cycles : nutrient cycles involving both biotic and abiotic components.