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Semester 2 Vocabulary

Across
A process in which glucose is broken down to release energy.
The photosynthetic pigment found in most plants, algae, and some bacteria.
An environment that meets the needs of a living thing.
A plate boundary type where plates slide past each other without forming a major structure.
An organism that can make its own food (such as a plant).
The process in which Earth's crust is destroyed and created.
The impact of top predators on lower level organisms in their food chain as well as ecological processes.
Any of the large landmasses in the lithosphere that hold the continents.
The role of a living thing in its ecosystem.
All the populations of organisms that live in one place.
Animals that eat only producers.
A living thing that makes its own food; usually from the plant kingdom.
A chemical compound that can absorb light and be used to color other materials.
Down
The upper layer of Earth that is composed of crust and the upper part of the mantle.
The small openings on a leaf through which the gases oxygen and carbon dioxide move.
A process by which plant cells capture energy in sunlight and uses it to make food.
An animal that only eats other consumers.
Process by which cells break down molecules to release energy without using oxygen.
Earth's first layer.
A process that transforms rocks from one type to another, mostly through heat and pressure.
A process that causes sediment to slowly lose strength and act as a fluid.
Preserved remains of organisms formed by Earth processes of over thousands of years.
A rock type formed as a result of extreme heat and pressure; minerals are partially melted.
The second layer of earth that rises up to form new crust.
A living thing that feeds on the remains of plants and animals.
A type of rock formed when sediments compact and cement together.
Nonliving parts of an ecosystem.
A point on Earth's surface above the hypocenter where seismic rupture begins.
One of 7 slowly moving landmasses covering Earth's surface.
A type of boundary where trenches form and plates move toward each other.