environment Crossword Puzzles
environment 2024-04-22
environment 2024-08-06
environment 2026-04-17
Environment 2026-07-07
science 2025-12-09
Across
- – Harmful substances in air, water or land.
- resources – Materials from nature like water, timber and minerals.
- – Companies pretending to be environmentally friendly when they’re not.
- – Plant or animal material used as an energy source.
- – Rotting food and garden waste that becomes soil.
- – Reducing carbon emissions to help stop climate change.
- – Energy that comes back naturally, like wind or solar.
- greening – Adding trees, plants and gardens in cities.
- – Electricity made from moving water.
- friendly – Good for the environment and not harmful.
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- tourism – Travel that respects nature and local culture.
- – Using resources carefully so the environment stays healthy.
- clearing – Removing trees and plants from an area.
- parks – Protected places for nature, animals and visitors.
- – Energy that comes from heat inside the Earth.
- gas – Gas from deep underground used for energy.
- – Protecting nature and the environment so it lasts.
- fuels – Coal, oil and gas made from dead plants and animals.
- – What will happen later, especially for the environment.
- – Turning used items into new products.
20 Clues: – Electricity made from moving water. • – Turning used items into new products. • – Harmful substances in air, water or land. • – Energy that comes from heat inside the Earth. • gas – Gas from deep underground used for energy. • clearing – Removing trees and plants from an area. • – Rotting food and garden waste that becomes soil. • ...
Adapt and Modify Vocabulary 2026-04-27
Across
- the way a person, animal, or plant acts
- the long-term average of weather patterns at a specific location over an extended period
- an area of land with little to no rainfall
- to keep safe
- the amount of space between two places
- to change how we live to suit of physical environment
- a large area of flat land
- to change the environment to meet our needs
- the place where a plant or animal lives
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- to stay alive
- a tunnel or hole in the ground made or used by an animal
- a quality or trait of a person, place, or thing
- to draw interest toward
- everything around us that makes up for our surroundings
- a large area of land higher than the land around it
- a landform that is often flooded
- one of the four parts of the year
- having to do with the body
18 Clues: to keep safe • to stay alive • to draw interest toward • a large area of flat land • having to do with the body • a landform that is often flooded • one of the four parts of the year • the amount of space between two places • the way a person, animal, or plant acts • the place where a plant or animal lives • an area of land with little to no rainfall • ...
Earth Day 2025-04-03
10 Clues: trash • what surrounds us • _____, reuse, recycle • the planet we live on • protecting the environment • food waste turned into soil • convert waste to something usable • act passed to reduce air pollution • act passed to reduce water pollution • harmful substances in the environment
Ag Science Ecology 2017-09-27
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- The place where a plant or animal lives
- Organism that can make its own food
- Organism that hunts, kills and eats other animals
- Variety of life in a particular habitat or ecosystem
- Organism that eats plant material
- Living factors in the environment
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- Factors that relate to the soil
- Animal that eats other animals
- Organism that breaks down dead organic matter
- Level Feeding level within a food chain
- Organisms between organisms and the environment in which they live
- Organism that eats another organism for food
- Non-living factors in the environment
- Organism that eats plants and animals
- The position in an ecosystem that an species occupies
15 Clues: Animal that eats other animals • Factors that relate to the soil • Organism that eats plant material • Living factors in the environment • Organism that can make its own food • Non-living factors in the environment • Organism that eats plants and animals • The place where a plant or animal lives • Level Feeding level within a food chain • ...
A Dreamer 2015-09-16
Across
- It almost killed her
- What relationship does the mother share with her daughter?
- What device is used to help the woman find her way?
- The place of purpose the woman is journeying to
- Who is the Dreamer?
- The ____ symbolises motherhood
- How does Baynton create suspense?
- The harsh environment suggests a Lost Child idea, _____________
- The _________ century was when it was written in
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- "The sounds of swift tapping came to her"
- What does the environment become when the woman loses her way?
- A literary device, used in the title
- What is the spiritual context?
- What is the main technique used to describe the environment?
- What challenges the young woman?
15 Clues: Who is the Dreamer? • It almost killed her • What is the spiritual context? • The ____ symbolises motherhood • What challenges the young woman? • How does Baynton create suspense? • A literary device, used in the title • "The sounds of swift tapping came to her" • The place of purpose the woman is journeying to • The _________ century was when it was written in • ...
Socio-cultural/environmental impact of tourism 2024-07-29
Across
- The local community follow tourists' lifestyle.
- one negative environmental impact of tourism
- tourism has the potential to increase public......of environment
- Tourism industry produces millions of tones of this
- tourism helps to keep local traditions and ---- alive
- -----environment spoilt by over-development
- tourism protects these two
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- This turns local cultures into commodities
- oil spills from boats cause this
- constructions of hotels and airports can cause this
- one positive socio-cultural impact of tourism
- This happens when tourists fail to respect local culture and religion
- -------and preservation of local culture and traditions.
- ----- contribution through entrance fees and taxes helps to protect the environment
- One negative social and cultural impact of tourism
15 Clues: tourism protects these two • oil spills from boats cause this • This turns local cultures into commodities • -----environment spoilt by over-development • one negative environmental impact of tourism • one positive socio-cultural impact of tourism • The local community follow tourists' lifestyle. • One negative social and cultural impact of tourism • ...
Ecology 2024-09-10
Across
- Flying mammal
- Has a trunk
- Large marsupial
- Consists of all the populations of different species in a habitat.
- The function or way of life of an organism in an ecosystem
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- A group of individuals of a species
- Same characteristics with common ancestry and ability to interbreed
- factors. Living factors in the habitat such as host and parasites, competitors
- A community of organisms sharing an environment
- environment biotic and abiotic factors within a habitat
- The place an animal or plant lives
- Man's best friend
- factors physical factors in the habitat such as ph, oxygen and water
- Likes to chase mice
- the study of living interactions with each other and their environment
15 Clues: Has a trunk • Flying mammal • Large marsupial • Man's best friend • Likes to chase mice • The place an animal or plant lives • A group of individuals of a species • A community of organisms sharing an environment • environment biotic and abiotic factors within a habitat • The function or way of life of an organism in an ecosystem • ...
Sustainability Crossword 2024-07-19
Across
- Converting potential waste into resources.
- A type of Japanese tree at the BBG.
- Variety of life on Earth and Organisms.
- Act of preserving something.
- production or discharge of gas.
- Layer of 03 protecting Earth from dangerous UV rays.
- The process of continuous removal of trees.
- Weather condition that has been susceptible to change.
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- the emphasis on conservation for long-term benefits of environment.
- Decayed organic material as a fertilizer.
- Advocating as a community to make change.
- Space in BBG which preserves historical species of trees, flowers, and plants.
- Presence of harmful contaminate in the natural environment.
- Action by organization aimed at protecting the environment.
- Source of energy that is not depleted.
15 Clues: Act of preserving something. • production or discharge of gas. • A type of Japanese tree at the BBG. • Source of energy that is not depleted. • Variety of life on Earth and Organisms. • Decayed organic material as a fertilizer. • Advocating as a community to make change. • Converting potential waste into resources. • The process of continuous removal of trees. • ...
Jefferson and ben 2022-06-14
Across
- Living organisms that shape the environment
- Move to warmer places during cool weather
- Organisms' already know how to do something
- the ability to do work
- Something happens from the top and effects the bottom of a food chain
- Animals that are needed in a food chain
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- the amount of food there is in an ecosystem
- A number of species that live in a certain area
- How an animal lives
- Nonliving organisms that shape the environment
- Lots of populations in a certain area
- Organism's reaction to other organisms or their environment
- amount of energy on speed
- Slowing your body/sleeping during cool weather
- Place for the population to live
15 Clues: How an animal lives • the ability to do work • amount of energy on speed • Place for the population to live • Lots of populations in a certain area • Animals that are needed in a food chain • Move to warmer places during cool weather • the amount of food there is in an ecosystem • Living organisms that shape the environment • Organisms' already know how to do something • ...
SUSTAINABLE MAKER 2026-05-27
Across
- Too many visitors in one destination causing problems
- A way of moving from one place to another.
- Something designed to have little impact on the environment
- Place where people buy and eat meals
- Produced or owned by people from the area
- The process of using materials again instead of throwing them away
- A group of people living in the same area
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- Sandy area next to the sea
- Tourism that protects nature and helps local people
- Place where travelers stay overnight
- The activity of traveling for pleasure
- Harmful substances that damage the environment
- Animals living in nature
- Protection of natural resources and ecosystems
- Air, water, land, plants and animals around us
15 Clues: Animals living in nature • Sandy area next to the sea • Place where travelers stay overnight • Place where people buy and eat meals • The activity of traveling for pleasure • Produced or owned by people from the area • A group of people living in the same area • A way of moving from one place to another. • Harmful substances that damage the environment • ...
9th Form - Our Environment 2017-02-23
Across
- A place you can see animals
- Using less of something (e.g. energy)
- Type of energy (e.g. solar)
- Type of energy (e.g. oil)
- Our planet
- The biggest threat to the planet's health
- A problem caused by factories, cars, and garbage
- Using something more than once (e.g. bottles)
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- Elephant tusks are made out of this material
- Endangered animal from China
- When a species is close to extinction
- Cutting down trees
- The largest mammal in the world
- An animal hunted for its horn
- When a species no longer lives
- Water that is not deep
- The air we need to breathe
17 Clues: Our planet • Cutting down trees • Water that is not deep • Type of energy (e.g. oil) • The air we need to breathe • A place you can see animals • Type of energy (e.g. solar) • Endangered animal from China • An animal hunted for its horn • When a species no longer lives • The largest mammal in the world • Using less of something (e.g. energy) • When a species is close to extinction • ...
Marketing Environment - Week 3 2016-08-07
Across
- a marketing metric based on % share of the market
- what does the 'E' stand for in the PESTEL framework?
- the environment that consists of the industry, customers, competitors and partners
- the environment that consists of the organisation, people, processes
- a marketing metric based on churn, percentage on time delivery
- known as the external forces - the PESTEL framework
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- on investment: a marketing metric based on, for example, profit or sales
- all of the internal and external forces that affect a marketer's ability to create, communicate, deliver and exchange offerings of value
- what does the 'P' stand for in the PESTEL framework?
- what does the 'L' stand for in the PESTEL framework?
- what does the 'E' stand for in the PESTEL framework?
- analysis an analysis that involves identifying the key factors used as a basis for marketing strategy. Where we are now
- a marketing metric based on, for example, profit or sales
- objectives need to be specific, measurable, actionable, reasonable, time based
- a marketing metric based on awareness % of target market
- an analysis that identified two internal factors and two external factors
- what does the 'T' stand for in the PESTEL framework?
- what does the 'S' stand for in the PESTEL framework?
18 Clues: a marketing metric based on % share of the market • known as the external forces - the PESTEL framework • what does the 'P' stand for in the PESTEL framework? • what does the 'E' stand for in the PESTEL framework? • what does the 'L' stand for in the PESTEL framework? • what does the 'E' stand for in the PESTEL framework? • ...
Energy and the environment 2016-11-17
Across
- uses the sea movement and tides to generate energy
- a zero carbon energy source that produces electricity from the sun
- a high carbon producing fossil fuel, traditional fuel, burnt to produce energy, will produce soot
- a high carbon fuel that is flammable and used to power machinery, classed as a fuel oil.
- a source of energy classed as low carbon created when it reacts with oxygen and water is a bi-product
- a fuel oil classed as high carbon producing
- a system that is low carbon producing and recovers heat from the air around us, the ground below us or the water in rivers and lakes
- a low carbon fuel source made up of organic fuel, wood, crops etc, burnt in an efficient manner to heat homes
- a high carbon fuel, sourced from the ground, burnt in central heating boilers for heat
- a traditional high carbon fuel dug out from the glen and burnt
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- uses the natural forces to turn a windmill which is zero carbon
- a high carbon fuel gas that when pressured will turn to a liquid, when uncompressed will turn to gas, sourced from the ground and stored in bottles, propane or butane
- energy that is generated from movement of water and is zero carbon producing
- a small scale power station that is modern and highly efficient, it produces electricity and is classed as low carbon
- this system is low carbon, it used the heat from the sun to heat water
- an element produced when we burn anthing, refered to as our ______footprint
- combined c----ng, he--, and po--r, the abbreviation of these words, a low carbon fuel.
17 Clues: a fuel oil classed as high carbon producing • uses the sea movement and tides to generate energy • a traditional high carbon fuel dug out from the glen and burnt • uses the natural forces to turn a windmill which is zero carbon • a zero carbon energy source that produces electricity from the sun • ...
ENVIRONMENT AND PERFORMING ARTS 2015-03-15
17 Clues: guay • COSAS • BASURA • dañino • enorme • actuar • cartón • muebles • ENCHUFE • público • edificio • flotante • audición • VERTEDERO • CARTUCHOS • aspirante • espectacular
Europe Geography and Environment 2016-09-05
Across
- Mountains that divide Russia
- The disease caused by exposure to radiation
- Environmental disaster that occurred in United Kingdom
- Spread throughout Europe after the nuclear accident
- Country to the east of Germany
- Boarder between Spain and France
- Site of nuclear accident
- Largest continent
- The (blank) Channel divides the United Kingdom from mainland of Europe
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- Europe's second-longest river
- Country not on the mainland of Europe
- Ocean that separates Europe and North America
- Country to the east of Spain
- The (blank) Rose is often found on maps and is labeled with North, South, East, West
- Continent to the south of Europe
- Is a continent and an island
- Mountains that border Italy and France
17 Clues: Largest continent • Site of nuclear accident • Mountains that divide Russia • Country to the east of Spain • Is a continent and an island • Europe's second-longest river • Country to the east of Germany • Continent to the south of Europe • Boarder between Spain and France • Country not on the mainland of Europe • Mountains that border Italy and France • ...
Climate, Environment, and Resources 2025-09-29
Across
- resources resources that are not replaced by nature or that form extremely slow
- the destruction or loss of forest areas
- fuels nonrenewable resources formed from the remains of ancient plants and animals
- resources resources that are replaced by Earth's natural process
- energy type of energy obtained from splitting atoms
- power the productionof electricity by water power
- a region's average weather conditions over a long period
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- the place where a plant or animal lives
- resources anything in nature that humans use or value
- the place where two air masses of different temperatures or moisture content meet
- differences in air and temperature create this
- when something completely dies out or no longer exists
- these winds shift direction with the seasons and create wet and dry periods
- planting new trees in places where forests have been lost
- gas the cleanest-burning fossil fuel
- the source of energy for most living things
- a dark liquid used to make fuels and other products
- part of the soil that is made from dead plant and animal matter
18 Clues: the place where a plant or animal lives • the destruction or loss of forest areas • gas the cleanest-burning fossil fuel • the source of energy for most living things • differences in air and temperature create this • a dark liquid used to make fuels and other products • when something completely dies out or no longer exists • ...
evolution 2023-05-08
Across
- man who invented the "survival of the fittest"
- two species evolving to have similarities
- change in a population over time
- a random change in dna that could be advantageous or harmful
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- the number of organisms in an environment
- the process of nature removing organisms not fit to their environment
- where an animal or plant lives
- changing to fit your environment
- two species co-existing
- two species evolving separately from a common ancestor
10 Clues: two species co-existing • where an animal or plant lives • changing to fit your environment • change in a population over time • the number of organisms in an environment • two species evolving to have similarities • man who invented the "survival of the fittest" • two species evolving separately from a common ancestor • ...
GE ELECTIVE 1 - QUIZ 1 2022-10-16
Across
- man is largely influenced by nature.
- derived from the old French word 'environer' - which means to 'surround, enclosed, and encircle'
- Studies extensive and systematic study of nature/environment and of its biological , social, and cultural factors, and the nature and characteristics of relationship between man and environment.
- indicates that the physical environment is passive and man is the agent at liberty to chose between wide ranges of environmental possibilities.
- this approach describes man as an integral part of nature or environment.
- includes the varied aspects of socio-cultural interactions along with its outcomes such as beliefs, attitudes, stereotypes.
- include plants, animals, micro-organisms, and man.
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- based on the ideology of Man's mastery over environment and continued economic and industrial expansion through the application of modern technologies.
- based on religious faith that 'man is superior to all creatures and everything is created for his use and enjoyment'.
- includes space, landforms, water-bodies, climate, soils, rocks and minerals.
- deals with the perception and experiences related to any environmental setting. this is more often used in the organizational context.
- includes economic, social and political conditions which are largely man-made features.
12 Clues: man is largely influenced by nature. • include plants, animals, micro-organisms, and man. • this approach describes man as an integral part of nature or environment. • includes space, landforms, water-bodies, climate, soils, rocks and minerals. • includes economic, social and political conditions which are largely man-made features. • ...
TWA Crossword 2023-10-09
Across
- This type of adjustment occurs when an individual or environment acts upon themselves to reduce discorrespondence
- When the person's needs and values are being met in the work environment and the person is satisfactory to their employers.
- This type of adjustment is when an individual or environment acts on the other in an effort to decrease discorrespondence.
- This theory is supported by research EXCEPT as it relates to _______.
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- What is the motivator for change?
- Who are the main theorists of TWA?
- Model which works to understand how the correspondence between individuals and environment is attained and maintained. Discorrespondance between people and their environments serves to motivate behavior, either through attempting to change their environment or trying to change themselves
- This personality style demonstrates how quickly one responds
- Model which looks at the amount of time a person will stay in their job is predicted by the correspondence between the person and environment.
- The length of time an individual or environment is willing to persist in a discorrespondence after engaging in adjustment behavior
10 Clues: What is the motivator for change? • Who are the main theorists of TWA? • This personality style demonstrates how quickly one responds • This theory is supported by research EXCEPT as it relates to _______. • This type of adjustment occurs when an individual or environment acts upon themselves to reduce discorrespondence • ...
English II 2018-06-23
Across
- learning environment here you can practice your knowledge
- and evaluation environment Delivery of works
- learning Socialization of contributions
- Revision of qualifications
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- Management environment General information
- Muestra los miembros del grupo
- knowledge environment
- Environment Revision of the units
8 Clues: knowledge environment • Revision of qualifications • Muestra los miembros del grupo • Environment Revision of the units • learning Socialization of contributions • Management environment General information • and evaluation environment Delivery of works • learning environment here you can practice your knowledge
Chapter 3 2013-01-28
Across
- group of similar organisms
- ecosystem that has been partly destroyed that still have remnants of old ecosystem
- ecosystems that maintain constant levels
- ability of organism to survive changes in an environment
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- scientist who studies relationship between organisms and their environment
- organisms that live in an environment that they did not live in before
- ability of organism to survive more easily in a shared environment
- all ecosystems on the earth
- environment where creature lives
9 Clues: group of similar organisms • all ecosystems on the earth • environment where creature lives • ecosystems that maintain constant levels • ability of organism to survive changes in an environment • ability of organism to survive more easily in a shared environment • organisms that live in an environment that they did not live in before • ...
Andres_Reina 2018-03-30
8 Clues: Course Overview • Synchronous support • learning environment • syllabus and glossary • Synchronous assessment • environment course news • Practice learning environment • Monitoring and evaluation environment
Reasons for resource. 2021-06-07
Across
- A thing that is in an environment like a mountain, a plant or a road.
- Sustainability Making sure that money is well-managed so that it does not run out. Or so that money can be reinvested to make more money, or to enhance resources.
- A place that is made up of a group of features like a desert, or a city.
- When there are not enough resources to meet everyone's needs and wants.
- When there are enough resources to meet everyone’s needs and wants.
- The way that the management of a resource affects people or the environment.
- Sustainability Making sure that people have equal rights to resources so that they all have the potential to participate in society to their full potential.
- Sustainability Making sure that resources in an environmetal are managed well so that they are not damaged, and can be re-used in the future.
- A thing that we use to meet our needs and wants.
- Resource A resource that can only be used a limited number of times.
- A way of managing resources in an environment so that resources are used to their full potential. And so that there are enough resources left for others to use later.
- Resource A resource made by humans.
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- How people use resources.
- Where a resource can be found.
- The amount of a resource that is avaliable, or that can be made.
- Sustainability Making sure that the ideas and beliefs of a cultural group are looked after so that they are passed onto future generations. E.g. learning about te reo in NZ schools.
- Resource A resource that can be used again.
- Resource A resource made by nature.
- A problem that affects an environment.
19 Clues: How people use resources. • Where a resource can be found. • Resource A resource made by nature. • Resource A resource made by humans. • A problem that affects an environment. • Resource A resource that can be used again. • A thing that we use to meet our needs and wants. • The amount of a resource that is avaliable, or that can be made. • ...
Adaptation: A characteristic that helps an organism to survive in its environment. Invasive Species: A plant or animal that has been introduced into an ecosystem (accidentally or on purpose) and may cause harm to other species in the ecosystem. Characteri 2021-05-04
Across
- Freshwater fish that have eight fins and are part of the salmon family.
- A characteristic that helps an organism to survive in its environment.
- A place or environment where a plant or animal makes its home.
- A change in the environment caused by human activities or natural ecological processes.
- A plant or animal that has been introduced into an ecosystem (accidentally or on purpose) and may cause harm to other species in the ecosystem.
- How an organism experiences it’s environment.
- Classification of related organisms that share common characteristics and are capable of interbreeding.
- A protective outer covering on a fish’s body.
- A measure of the characteristics of water –how it looks, feels, smells and what else is mixed into it that we can’t sense. This includes water’s temperature, colour, dissolved oxygen, dissolved metals and acidity.
- A plant or animal species that is placed into a habitat that it isn’t naturally found, either accidentally or on purpose.
- An animal that eats other animals for energy.
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- A trait, feature or behavior of a plant, animal, person or group that describes it.
- The interactions of plants and animals, showing the transfer of energy between species that allow all living things in an ecosystem to survive.
- A linear sequence of organisms where nutrients and energy are transferred from one organism to the other.
- A plant or animal that naturally lives in a given area or habitat.
- A community of interacting organisms and their environment.
- Organs that allow animals, such as fish, to breathe underwater.
- An animal that lives underwater and does not have a backbone or spine.
18 Clues: How an organism experiences it’s environment. • A protective outer covering on a fish’s body. • An animal that eats other animals for energy. • A community of interacting organisms and their environment. • A place or environment where a plant or animal makes its home. • Organs that allow animals, such as fish, to breathe underwater. • ...
Life Science Vocab Review 1 2021-05-04
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- A feature. quality, property, or trait of an object or organism
- The process by which plants begin to grow from a seed or a spore
- All the living and nonliving things that interact with each other in an environment.
- An area that includes all living organisms and the surrounding physical features such as air, water. soil, Weather, and landforms
- _____chain diagram representing the transfer of energy from the Sun through producers and a series of consumers
- A factor in an environment relating to, caused by, or produced by living organisms
- - An animal that obtains nutrients from eating other animals
- A specific part of a chromosome or sequence of DNA that determines a particular feature or characteristic in an organism
- The form of a trait that is expressed or shown When the combination of alleles for this trait is heterozygous.
- A plant or animal action. reaction, or activity that occurs in response to stimuli. (ex. gravity, light, temperature)
- An organism that can produce food from inorganic materials. (ex. carbon dioxide, sunlight, water)
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- A characteristic of an organism that Increases Its chances of survival in its environment
- An organism that cannot produce its own food
- Populations of different species of organisms living together in the same geographic area.
- An animal that obtains nutrients only from plants
- An asexual reproductive process in which an outgrowth of a parent organism detaches and forms a new individual of the same species
- The existence of a wido range of different species in a given area or specific period of time
- An organism whoso cells contain a nucleus surrounded by a membrane
- An organism in a food chain that obtains nutrients from producerg or other consumers (consumers may be herbivores or carnivores).
- any of two or more alternate forms of a gene that an organism may have for a particular trait
- an environment factor not associated with the activities or living organisms
21 Clues: An organism that cannot produce its own food • An animal that obtains nutrients only from plants • - An animal that obtains nutrients from eating other animals • A feature. quality, property, or trait of an object or organism • The process by which plants begin to grow from a seed or a spore • An organism whoso cells contain a nucleus surrounded by a membrane • ...
unit 6 concepts 1-2 2023-02-28
Across
- sexual selection increase the chance you will ___.
- a slow constant change over time- peppered moths going from a light color to a darker color
- individuals do not evolve, ___ do
- any change in the DNA sequence
- traits come from your ____
- process of changing allele frequencies in a population over time
- __ evoluton occurs when many species arise from one common ancestor- Lucy giving rise to great apes and humans
- ___ evolution occurs when 2 unrelated species evolve the same traits- dolphin and sharks both have fins and streamlined bodies
- ___ equilibrium is a burst of change followed by a period of stasis- the sudden appearance of new mammal species after mesozoic era
- fitness is a measure of how well you can ___ in your environment
- occurs when 2 species evolve together- gazelles run faster, cheetah becomes a better hunter
- ___ traits will become more common in a population over time
- true/false: DNA mutations are always beneficial
- formation of a new species from an ancestor
- the movement of alleles into/out of a population (2 words)
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- a __ extinction occurs at a slow pace over time
- a feature that allows an organism to better survive in its environment
- genetic drift is the ____ change in allele frequency in a population
- a group of organisms that can interbreed and produce viable, fertile offspring
- occurs when a sudden event changes the evnironemnt and many species die
- occurs when 2 unrelated species evolve the same traits because they live in the same type of environment
- natural selection- organisms that are ____ fit for their environment will survive and reproduce at a higher rate
- organisms will always ____ more offspring than the environment can support
- differences in traits among the same species
- the sources of genetic variation are: mutations, genetic____ and, migration
- true/false: DNA mutations can result in a change in phenotype (physical trait)
- all the alleles in a population (2 words)
- evolution will NOT occur if the population is ___
28 Clues: traits come from your ____ • any change in the DNA sequence • individuals do not evolve, ___ do • all the alleles in a population (2 words) • formation of a new species from an ancestor • differences in traits among the same species • a __ extinction occurs at a slow pace over time • true/false: DNA mutations are always beneficial • ...
Ecology Vocabulary 2024-04-05
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- The study of organisms and how they interact with the environment around them
- a group of people with a common characteristic or interest living together within a larger society
- the region of the earth that encompasses all living organisms: plants, animals and bacteria
- a linear sequence of organisms through which nutrients and energy pass as one organism eats another
- an organism that lives on a host, taking what it needs to stay alive while often injuring the host
- a community or group of living organisms that live in and interact with each other in a specific environment
- something having many related parts that function together as a whole
- an organism that eats other plants or animals for energy and nutrients
- an animal that is hunted or killed by another animal for food
- an organism that harbors another organism, inside or near their body, in a symbiotic relationship
- a maker or manufacturer of something
- an organism that eats mostly meat, or the flesh of animals
- the natural home or environment of a plant, animal, or other organism
- an organism that eats plants and animals
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- the position of an organism in the food chain
- a person who consumes a product or service
- consists of all the food chains in a single ecosystem
- an animal that lives by killing and eating other animals
- an organism that mostly feeds on plants
- organism that breaks down dead organic material;
- an organism that can produce its own food using light, water, carbon dioxide, or other chemicals.
- a non-living part of an ecosystem that shapes its environment
- the whole number of people or inhabitants in a country or region.
- the living components (organisms) that shape up the environment
- an organism that mostly consumes decaying biomass, such as meat or rotting plant material
25 Clues: a maker or manufacturer of something • an organism that mostly feeds on plants • an organism that eats plants and animals • a person who consumes a product or service • the position of an organism in the food chain • organism that breaks down dead organic material; • consists of all the food chains in a single ecosystem • ...
Environmental Change and Management 2022-02-07
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- hazardous waste causing danger from chemicals and infectious organisms
- nature exists for all species on earth, not just humans, and humans are equal to other species
- humans are superior and the most important species on earth
- all the water on earth
- worldview holding that we can manage the earth for our benefit but that we have an ethical responsibility to be caring and responsible managers, or stewards, of the earth.
- an increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere(especially a sustained increase that causes climactic change)
- the ability of natural environments to absorb wastes and pollution
- perspectives or views held by individuals re global environment based on values and assumptions
- a term that typically describes a species that no longer has any known living individuals
- the cultural, recreational or psychological value of the environment for people
- the environment's provision of raw materials and natural resources eg food
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- ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all
- part of Earth in which life exists including land, water, and air or atmosphere
- supports life on earth without requiring human action eg. decomposition
- the envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet
- the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem
- the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism
- the surrounding or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates
- release of harmful materials into the environment
- the solid, outer layer of the earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
- occurs when the natural or human induced processes decrease the future ability of land to support crops, livestock, or wild species
- the action or fact of treating someone unfairly in order to benefit from their work
- meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
23 Clues: all the water on earth • release of harmful materials into the environment • humans are superior and the most important species on earth • the envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet • the ability of natural environments to absorb wastes and pollution • hazardous waste causing danger from chemicals and infectious organisms • ...
science scrossword puzzle 2022-12-01
Across
- are any kind of green plant..
- What is the study of the relationships between living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment
- Flow
- living organism that shapes its environment.
- activity
- the total number of individual organisms at each level in the food chain of an ecosystem.
- chain
- the various actions for recreation, living, or necessity done by people
- the animal's body functions or looks on the outside.
- the amount of energy that moves along the food chain is
- group of organisms that can reproduce with one another in nature and produce fertile offspring.
- nonliving part of an ecosystem that shapes its environment.
- adaptation:
- role an organism plays in a community..
- characteristic
- made up of the parts of Earth where life exists.
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- who eats whom in the wild
- The term mainly refers to a living organism that acts as a harbor for invading pathogenic organisms.
- occasion when two or more people or things communicate with or react to each other:
- an organism that mostly eats meat, or the flesh of animals
- type of symbiotic relationship where all species involved benefit from their interactions.
- factor
- factor
- of Numbers
- relationship between individuals of two species in which one species obtains food or other benefits from the other without either harming or benefiting the latter
- organism that can't make its own food.
- adjustment of organisms to their environment in order to improve their chances at survival in that environment
- organism that mostly feeds on plants
- an organism that lives on or in a host organism and gets its food from or at the expense of its host.
- a trait or variants encoded in DNA and passed from parent to offspring during reproduction.
30 Clues: Flow • chain • factor • factor • activity • of Numbers • adaptation: • characteristic • who eats whom in the wild • are any kind of green plant.. • organism that mostly feeds on plants • organism that can't make its own food. • role an organism plays in a community.. • living organism that shapes its environment. • made up of the parts of Earth where life exists. • ...
ECOLOGY- The study of the interactions between life and its physical environment. GEOSCIENCES-Environmental geology ATMOSPHERE- the protective blanket of gases surrounding the Earth. HYDROSPHERE- comprises all types of water resources oceans, seas, la 2026-07-14
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- ECOLOGY - examines the interactions between species and considers how factors such as predation, competition, disease, and disturbance affect community structure and organization.
- Economic, social and political elements are essentially manmade features, which make cultural milieu.
- - is a process that takes away mineral components from saline water
- of modern ecology
- Plants, animals, microorganisms, and
- – The study of living organisms and their interactions with the environment.
- Sulfur- is found in the form of sulfur dioxide
- A testable explanation or prediction based on observations and prior knowledge.
- A controlled procedure used to test whether a hypothesis is supported or disproved.
- ocean contain 97.5% and the other contain 2.5%
- Factors – The nonliving components of an ecosystem, such as sunlight, water, soil, and temperature.
- weathering- as sulfur-containing rocks weather, sulfur is released into the soil.
- TIDE - is a common name for algal blooms, which are large concentrations of aquatic microorganisms, such as protozoans and unicellular algae (e.g. dinoflagellates and diatoms)
- – Everything surrounding an organism, including living and nonliving components.
- outer mantle of the solid earth.
- – A community of living organisms interacting with each other and their physical environment.
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- ECOLOGY - examines factors that affect population size and composition.
- ability to move things, do work, or transfer heat
- cycle- is the circulation of oxygen in various forms through nature.
- FACTORS – The living components of an ecosystem.
- geology
- comprises all types of water resources oceans, seas, lakes, rivers, streams, reservoir, polar icecaps, glaciers, and ground water.
- - consists of all the organisms of all the species that inhabit a particular area.
- the protective blanket of gases surrounding the Earth.
- the variable character of the human habitat, its opportunities as well as limitations.
- - is a group of individuals of the same species living in a particular geographic area.
- is a component of nucleic acids, phospholipids, and ATP and other energy storing molecules.
- - advocacy for the protection or preservation of the natural environment.
- Where life operates.
- The study of the interactions between life and its physical environment.
30 Clues: geology • of modern ecology • Where life operates. • outer mantle of the solid earth. • Plants, animals, microorganisms, and • Sulfur- is found in the form of sulfur dioxide • ocean contain 97.5% and the other contain 2.5% • FACTORS – The living components of an ecosystem. • ability to move things, do work, or transfer heat • ...
Investigating Australia's Physical Environment 2013-02-03
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- plant protector
- a shoot growing from underneath the stem of a plant
- The study of the evolution and configuration of landform
- An area or region drained by a river, river system, or other body of water
- half of a sphere
- the lines of weather maps
- something cresent shaped
- (of rock) That has formed from sediment deposited by water or air
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- the distance to a place from greenwich england
- Sclerophyll is a type of vegetation that has hard leaves and short internodes
- the mythology of Australian aboriginals when the first ancestors were created
- the invisbale lines across the globe to help measure the climate
- Denoting rock that has undergone transformation by heat, pressure, or other natural agencies.
- Forces pertaining to, causing or resulting from structural deformation of the earth's crust
- A plant that needs very little water
- large mass of igneous rock believed to have formed deep underground
- A low growing bushy Australian eucalyptus
17 Clues: plant protector • half of a sphere • something cresent shaped • the lines of weather maps • A plant that needs very little water • A low growing bushy Australian eucalyptus • the distance to a place from greenwich england • a shoot growing from underneath the stem of a plant • The study of the evolution and configuration of landform • ...
The Economic Environment Crossword 2022-09-23
Across
- A general rise in prices, causing money to lose its value
- Goods and services sold by local businesses to overseas consumers
- A joint dependence between participants in an economy; that is, he reliance of consumers, workers, businesses and governments on each other
- goods and services purchased by local consumers from overseas businesses
- money that is to the circular flow of income
- The purchasing of goods and services to satisfy needs and wants
- The swapping or exchanging of one good for another
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- Either adding a new product to an existing product line, or significantly improving an existing product or process
- The creation of goods and services
- The process that sees people, goods, money and ideas moving around the world faster and more cheaply than before
- A severe contraction in the level of economic activity resulting in many business failures, high and sustained levels of unemployment and sometimes falling prices
- The price that must be paid in order to use someone else's money
- A relatively mild contraction in the level of economic activity resulting in reduced spending, rising unemployment and slow rate of economic growth
- money that is removed from the circular flow of income
- all activities undertaken for the purpose of production, distribution and consumption of goods ad services in a region or country
- Putting money into something in order to make a profit
- Regularly putting aside some money for future use
17 Clues: The creation of goods and services • money that is to the circular flow of income • Regularly putting aside some money for future use • The swapping or exchanging of one good for another • money that is removed from the circular flow of income • Putting money into something in order to make a profit • A general rise in prices, causing money to lose its value • ...
energy and the environment 2016-12-14
Across
- both natural and a liquid if pressurised, high carbon fuel used in boilers, cookers and fires, probably the most common of fuels used in homes in the UK
- we all have a carbon ........., this is our impact on the environment
- the name of energy systems that use the environment to power them, infinite amounts, solar is a good example of this
- the use of the sea to power under sea turbines to generate electricity, zero carbon producer
- the use of a small power plant at the point of use, close to the building, low carbon producing
- the use of water falling through gravity to power a turbine for electricity, zero carbon producing energy
- a liquid high carbon fuel, sourced from under ground, usually drilled for, high carbon fuel
- a low carbon producing system where energy is taken from the air and used to heat space or water of a building
- the use of a natural energy to turn a propeller to generate electricity, zero carbon
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- a low carbon producing system, sited on the building site.it cools, warms and creates power
- a fuel burnt for heat, heats water and radiators, dug from glens and moors
- the use of the sun to heat water, uses glycol in the system, low carbon energy source
- a system that is zero carbon, generates electricity from the sun, electricity can be sold back into the national grid
- the burning of organic matter to create heat, burns very efficiently due to the system set up
- the use of pipes in the ground which abstract the heat in the ground then circulate it into the building for heating
- fuel that is created over years of natural process in the ground, high carbon fuel
- a traditional black fuel, dug from the ground, burnt to create hea, a high carbon fuel
17 Clues: we all have a carbon ........., this is our impact on the environment • a fuel burnt for heat, heats water and radiators, dug from glens and moors • fuel that is created over years of natural process in the ground, high carbon fuel • the use of a natural energy to turn a propeller to generate electricity, zero carbon • ...
Environment at Risk Crossword 2023-10-02
Across
- a threat to a population
- a product that is sent to another country
- examples of this include tornadoes, hail, snow, sand
- seasonal wind that blows in tropical regions
- a lack of water in a location for a long period of time
- when a situation is getting worse, it is __________
- another word for rain or snow
- a sudden or terrible event
- having too much water in a location
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- the vegetation zone in the Sahara Desert
- the opposite of urban
- an area that typically has very little rain and a lot of heat
- a country that is not yet fully developed is ______
- wheat, corn, rice are all examples of _________ in agriculture
- an invasion of insects
- another word for hurricane
- a product that is brought into a country
17 Clues: the opposite of urban • an invasion of insects • a threat to a population • another word for hurricane • a sudden or terrible event • another word for rain or snow • having too much water in a location • the vegetation zone in the Sahara Desert • a product that is brought into a country • a product that is sent to another country • seasonal wind that blows in tropical regions • ...
Flying Environment Exam 2 2026-04-01
Across
- An encoded weather briefing
- Slow-moving front
- The person who decides whether to cancel a flight due to weather
- An air mass pushing into another air mass
- Top-bottom glide path lights
- The unit for visibility
- Part of the airport with no tower contact needed
- An area with a similar temperature
- Part of the airport with a letter designation
Down
- When two fronts push back and forth
- A warm front chased by a faster cold front
- This airport relieves congestion at commercial airports
- The unit for windspeed
- A weather report for the future
- Four left-right glide path lights
- Part of the airport with a number designation
- A light that tells pilots where an airport is
17 Clues: Slow-moving front • The unit for windspeed • The unit for visibility • An encoded weather briefing • Top-bottom glide path lights • A weather report for the future • Four left-right glide path lights • An area with a similar temperature • When two fronts push back and forth • An air mass pushing into another air mass • A warm front chased by a faster cold front • ...
Ecology Perfect 10 2022-04-13
Across
- - a person who uses goods or services
- - a major biotic community characterized by the dominant forms of plant life and the prevailing climate
- - the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment; the environment as it relates to living organisms
- - a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other
- Factor - a non-living part of an ecosystem that shapes its environment
- - a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently
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- - something that produces
- - a system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment
- - any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants
- - the act of populating (causing to live in a place)
- Factor - a living organism that shapes its environment
11 Clues: - something that produces • - a person who uses goods or services • - the act of populating (causing to live in a place) • Factor - a living organism that shapes its environment • - any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants • Factor - a non-living part of an ecosystem that shapes its environment • ...
Drawbacks of Global Trade 2024-10-16
Across
- The process of something being damaged or worsened.
- The variety of life in the world or a particular ecosystem.
- The natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism.
- Groups of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common.
- A person or thing likely to cause damage or danger.
- Poeple that are native to a particular region or environment.
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- The surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates.
- The large-scale clearing of forests, often resulting in damage to the environment.
- The strong influence or effect something has, especially on the environment.
- The customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation or group.
- Changes or consequences that result from an action or condition
11 Clues: The process of something being damaged or worsened. • A person or thing likely to cause damage or danger. • The variety of life in the world or a particular ecosystem. • Poeple that are native to a particular region or environment. • Changes or consequences that result from an action or condition • ...
Adaptations and Traits 2019-05-20
Across
- the child of a parent
- when a behavior is acquired from observing or being taught, it is...
- an animal hunted as food
- this helps an organism blend in with their environment
- any living thing
- the space and conditions where all things live
- a structure that helps an animal fly
- a part of an animal's structure that helps them survive in their environment
- an arrangement of parts
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- something passed down from parent to offspring is...
- what something does
- an organism that eats another animal
- a feature that helps identify something
13 Clues: any living thing • what something does • the child of a parent • an arrangement of parts • an animal hunted as food • an organism that eats another animal • a structure that helps an animal fly • a feature that helps identify something • the space and conditions where all things live • something passed down from parent to offspring is... • ...
Ecosystems 2018-04-18
Across
- Organsims that live in or on another organism and gets its food from it
- The path of energy and matter in a community
- Part of the environment that is not alive and never have been alive
- An animal that eats both meat and plants
- A place that provides all the things an organism needs to live
- The struggle of organisms for the same limited resources
- living on land/land band ecosystems
- a meat eating animal
- A group of organisms of one special species that live in an area at the same time
- An organism that makes its own food through the process of photosynthesis
- The repeated movement of carbon through the environment in different forms
- Organisms that are so small that you need a microscope to observe them
- Everything that surround an organism and influences it
- A plant eating animal
- Animal that is killed and eaten by other animals
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- Organism that a parasite lives in or on
- The process by which an organism takes in and processes oxygen and release carbon dioxide
- the process by which green plants and blue green algae, in the present of light makes food out of carbon dioxide and water
- Part of an environment that is alive or was alive at one time
- factors that limit the carrying capacity of a habitat such as food, water and space
- Living in water/water based ecosystems
- A combination of all the food chains in a community
- An Organism that feed on other organism or organic matter because it cannot make its own food
- The repeated movement of nitrogen through the environment in different forms
- All the populations living in one area
- Organisms that feed on and break down organisms
- Any living thing
- All living and nonliving things in an area and their interactions
- animal that kills and eats other animals
29 Clues: Any living thing • a meat eating animal • A plant eating animal • living on land/land band ecosystems • Living in water/water based ecosystems • All the populations living in one area • Organism that a parasite lives in or on • An animal that eats both meat and plants • animal that kills and eats other animals • The path of energy and matter in a community • ...
Ecosystems Vocabulary 2013-02-26
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- Shows the flow of energy from one organism to the next in an ecosystem.
- The continuous movement of water on Earth.
- Relationship in which the parasite benefits and the host is harmed.
- Plant sweat.
- An organism that lives by hunting other animals.
- An organism that makes its own food inorganically.
- A group of organisms that live and breed with one another that will produce offspring.
- Worms and bacteria are examples of a decomposer because they break down dead things.
- The continuous movement and use of carbon within an environment.
- In this relationship one organism benefits while the other is unharmed.
- The hunted
- This organism benefits in the parasitism relationship.
- This is made up of ALL of the food chains in an ecosystem.
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- Water, soil and weather are all __________ things in an ecosystem.
- The close relationships that organisms have that may or may not benefit each other.
- In this relationship everyone benefits.
- A plant is an example of a _________ because it can produce its own food.
- This is a group of the SAME species living in an ecosystem.
- An organism that cannot make its own food, usually a consumer.
- The continuous process by which nitrogen is used within the environment.
- The place in which a living organism can get all that it needs to live.
- The organism in which a parasite lives.
- When different organisms need the same thing that is limited in their environment.
- Plants and animals are all __________ parts of an ecosystem.
- A bear is an example of _______________ because it gets energy from eating other animals.
- The study of the relationships between living things and their environment.
- Community of organisms and their physical environment.
- An animal that lives off dead organisms rather than hunting, like a buzzard.
- An individual living thing made up of one or may cells that is capable of growing and reproducing.
29 Clues: The hunted • Plant sweat. • In this relationship everyone benefits. • The organism in which a parasite lives. • The continuous movement of water on Earth. • An organism that lives by hunting other animals. • An organism that makes its own food inorganically. • Community of organisms and their physical environment. • This organism benefits in the parasitism relationship. • ...
Definitions 2016-11-21
Across
- changing the genetic material of an organism by removing,changing or inserting individual genes
- a network of interconnected food chains
- a group of cells with similar structures, working together to perform a shared function
- a unit containing the community of organisms and their environment, interacting together
- any substance taken into the body that modifies or affects chemical reactions in the body
- a group of organisms that can reproduce to produce fertile offspring
- something present in the environment in such short supply that it restricts life processes
- as the ability to detect or
- a junction between two neurones
- the movement of small food molecules and ions through the wall of the intestine into the blood
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- defence against a pathogen by antibody production in the body
- the movement of particles through a cell membrane from a region of lower concentration to a region of higher concentration using energy from respiration
- having two different alleles of a particular gene
- as a change in the base sequence of DNA
- a thread-like structure of DNA, carrying genetic information
- the removal of the nitrogen-containing part of amino acids to form urea
- a length of DNA that codes for a protein
- a permanent increase in size and dry mass by an increase in cell number or cell size or both
- a chemical substance, produced by a gland and carried by the blood, which alters the activity of one or more specific target organs
- a version of a gene
- a group of organisms of one species, living in the same area, at the same time
- the maintenance of a constant internal environment
- stimuli in the internal or external environment and to make appropriate responses
- the probability of an organism surviving and reproducing in the environment in which it is found
24 Clues: a version of a gene • as the ability to detect or • a junction between two neurones • as a change in the base sequence of DNA • a network of interconnected food chains • a length of DNA that codes for a protein • having two different alleles of a particular gene • the maintenance of a constant internal environment • ...
science 1 2022-12-01
Across
- group of organisms that can reproduce with one another in nature and produce fertile offspring.
- organism that can't make its own food.
- Flow
- who eats whom in the wild
- relationship between individuals of two species in which one species obtains food or other benefits from the other without either harming or benefiting the latter
- chain
- an organism that lives on or in a host organism and gets its food from or at the expense of its host.
- occasion when two or more people or things communicate with or react to each other:
- organism that mostly feeds on plants
- adjustment of organisms to their environment in order to improve their chances at survival in that environment
- an organism that mostly eats meat, or the flesh of animals
- adaptation:
- The term mainly refers to a living organism that acts as a harbor for invading pathogenic organisms.
- factor
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- characteristic
- are any kind of green plant..
- a trait or variants encoded in DNA and passed from parent to offspring during reproduction.
- of Numbers
- role an organism plays in a community..
- the amount of energy that moves along the food chain is
- What is the study of the relationships between living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment
- the total number of individual organisms at each level in the food chain of an ecosystem.
- made up of the parts of Earth where life exists.
- type of symbiotic relationship where all species involved benefit from their interactions.
- factor
- activity 1. the various actions for recreation, living, or necessity done by people
- nonliving part of an ecosystem that shapes its environment.
- the animal's body functions or looks on the outside.
- living organism that shapes its environment.
29 Clues: Flow • chain • factor • factor • of Numbers • adaptation: • characteristic • who eats whom in the wild • are any kind of green plant.. • organism that mostly feeds on plants • organism that can't make its own food. • role an organism plays in a community.. • living organism that shapes its environment. • made up of the parts of Earth where life exists. • ...
Ecosystem Unit Vocabulary 2017-05-03
Across
- Animal that is killed and eaten by other animals
- An organism that feed on other organisms or organic matter because it cannot make its own food
- A combination of all the food chains in a community
- The repeated movement of carbon through the environment in different forms
- Part of an environment that is not alive and never have been alive
- Any living thing
- Everything that surround an organism and influences it
- Organism that a parasite lives in or on
- Concentration of dissolved salt and water
- A place that provides all the things an organism needs to live
- Organism that lives in or on another organism and gets its food from it
- The repeated movement of nitrogen through the environment in different forms
- All the populations living in one area
- Living on land/land based ecosystems
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- Animal that kills and eats other animals
- Part of an environment that is alive or was alive at one time
- Organisms that are so small that you need a microscope to observed them
- The process by which green plants and blue green algae, in the present of light makes food out of carbon dioxide and water
- Factors which prevent a community, population or organism from growing larger
- The path of energy and matter in a community
- Living in water/water based ecosystems
- All the living things and nonliving things in an area and interactions
- The processed by which an organism takes in and processes oxygen and release carbon dioxide
- Organisms that feeds on and break down organisms
- A plant eating animal
- An animal that eats both meat and plants
- A meat eating animal
- The struggle of organisms for the same limited resources
- A group of organisms of one species that live in an area at the same time
- An organism that makes its own food through the process of photosynthesis
30 Clues: Any living thing • A meat eating animal • A plant eating animal • Living on land/land based ecosystems • Living in water/water based ecosystems • All the populations living in one area • Organism that a parasite lives in or on • Animal that kills and eats other animals • An animal that eats both meat and plants • Concentration of dissolved salt and water • ...
environmental change and management 2023-07-18
Across
- An increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere (especially a sustained increase that causes climatic changes)
- meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
- The environment's provision of raw materials and natural resources eg food
- the ability of natural environments to absorbwastes and pollution
- the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism.
- All the water on earth
- Humans are superior and the most important species on earth
- hazardous waste causing danger from chemicals and infectious organisms
- Nature exists for all species on earth, not just humans, and humans are equal to other species
- the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates.
- A term that typically describes a species that no longer has any known living individuals.
- perspectives or views held by individuals re global environment based on values and assumptions
- supports life on earth wrequiringrequing human action eg. decomposition
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- Occurs when natural or human-induced processes decrease the future ability of land to support crops, livestock, or wild species.
- ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all
- the envelope surrounding the earth or another planet
- Release of harmful materials into the environment
- the action or fact of treating someone unfairly in order to benefit from their work.
- Worldview holding that we can manage the earth for our benefit but that we have an ethical responsibility to be caring and responsible managers, or stewards, of the earth.
- The cultural, recreational or psychological value of the environment for people
- the solid, outer layer of the earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
- the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem
- part of Earth in which life exists includingland, water, and air or atmosphere
- Take urgent action to combat climatechange and its impacts
24 Clues: All the water on earth • Release of harmful materials into the environment • the envelope surrounding the earth or another planet • Humans are superior and the most important species on earth • the ability of natural environments to absorbwastes and pollution • hazardous waste causing danger from chemicals and infectious organisms • ...
geography 2024-02-04
Across
- the ability of natural environments to absorb wastes and pollution
- Nature exists for all species on earth, not just humans, and humans are equal to other species
- Occurs when natural or human-induced processes decrease the future ability of land to support crops, livestock, or wild species.
- All the water on earth
- the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism.
- supports life on earth without requing human action eg. decomposition
- Humans are superior and the most important species on earth
- the solid, outer layer of the earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
- Worldview holding that we can manage the earth for our benefit but that we have an ethical responsibility to be caring and responsible managers, or stewards of the earth
- The cultural, recreational or psychological value of the environment for people
- meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
- A term that typically describes a species that no longer has any known living individuals.
- the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates.
- The environment's provision of raw materials and natural resources eg food
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- perspectives or views held by individuals re global environment based on values and assumptions
- access to affordable and modern energy
- the action or fact of treating someone unfairly in order to benefit from their work.
- the envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet
- An increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere
- Release of harmful materials into the environment
- Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
- hazardous waste causing danger from chemicals and infectious organisms
- part of Earth in which life exists including land, water, and air or atmosphere
- the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.
24 Clues: All the water on earth • access to affordable and modern energy • Release of harmful materials into the environment • Humans are superior and the most important species on earth • Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts • the envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet • ...
Ecology words crossword puzzle 2024-04-05
Across
- The region of the earth that encompasses all living organisms: Plants, animals, and bacteria.
- The whole number of people or inhabitants in a country or region.
- Animals that are killed and eaten by other animals.
- An organism that can produce its own food using light, water, carbon dioxide, or other chemicals
- The study of organisms and how they interact with the environment around them.
- web A complex network of interconnecting and overlapping food chains showing feeding relationships within a community.
- level The position of an organism in the food chain.
- Factors The living components (organisms) that serve up the environment.
- An organism that mostly consumes decaying biomass, such as meat or rotting plant material.
- Any living biological entity, such as an animal, plant, fungus, or bacterium.
- An organism that feeds on and breaks down dead plant or animal matter.
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- An organism that eats plants and animals.
- An organism that mostly eats other plants and animals for energy and nutrients.
- Factors A non-living part of an ecosystem that shapes its environment.
- A relationship between the two living species in which one organism is benefited at the expense of the other.
- A community or group of living organisms that live in and interact with each other in a specific environment.
- chain A linear sequence of organisms through which nutrients and energy pass as one organism eats another.
- An organism that captures and eats another organism.
- A group of people with a common characteristic or interest living together within a larger society.
- The natural home or environment of a plant, animal, or other organism.
- Organisms that make their own food.
- An organism that harbors another organism, inside or near their body, in a symbiotic relationship.
- An organism that mostly eats meat, or the flesh of animals.
- An organism that mostly feeds on plants.
- An organism that cannot produce its own food and must eat other plants and/or animals to get energy.
25 Clues: Organisms that make their own food. • An organism that mostly feeds on plants. • An organism that eats plants and animals. • Animals that are killed and eaten by other animals. • An organism that captures and eats another organism. • level The position of an organism in the food chain. • An organism that mostly eats meat, or the flesh of animals. • ...
Ecosystems Crossword 2025-01-22
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- - process of converting nitrogen gas into nitrogen compounds that plants can absorb and use
- - the movement of carbon from the nonliving environment into living things and back
- - the process by which oxygen is exchanged between the earth and its atmosphere.
- - the process of a gas changing to a liquid
- - A diagram that shows the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another in a food web
- - the parts of a habitat that are living, or once living, and interact with an organism
- An environment that provides the things a specific organism needs to live, grow, and reproduce.
- - A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy.
- - Energy cannot be created or destroyed
- - An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms
- - A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms
- - Any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth's surface.
- - An environmental factor that prevents a population from increasing
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- - A consumer that eats only animals.
- - the nonliving factors in an organism's environment
- - A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.
- - A consumer that eats only plants.
- - Number of individuals per unit area
- - Things from the environment that organisms need to live, grow, and reproduce
- - An organism that can make its own food.
- - network of complex interactions formed by the feeding relationships among the various organisms in an ecosystem
- - The process by which molecules at the surface of a liquid absorb enough energy to change to a gas.
- - group of individuals of the same species that live in the same area
- - An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms
- - Matter is not created nor destroyed in any chemical or physical change
- - All the different populations that live together in an area
- - A consumer that eats both plants and animals
- - A living thing
28 Clues: - A living thing • - A consumer that eats only plants. • - A consumer that eats only animals. • - Number of individuals per unit area • - Energy cannot be created or destroyed • - An organism that can make its own food. • - the process of a gas changing to a liquid • - A consumer that eats both plants and animals • - the nonliving factors in an organism's environment • ...
Week 28: Earth Day 2025-03-04
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- To have a legal agreement to use something, like a car or an apartment, for a certain period of time in exchange for payment.
- A lightweight, synthetic material that can be shaped into many forms; often used for containers, bags, and toys.
- A solid material that is usually hard and shiny, like iron or aluminum, and is used to make many products.
- To make something dirty or harmful, especially by adding waste or chemicals.
- To collect and process materials like paper, glass, or plastic so they can be made into new products instead of being thrown away.
- A material that can be broken down naturally by bacteria or other living organisms, returning to the environment without harming it.
- The careful use and protection of natural resources, like water, trees, and wildlife, to keep them safe for the future.
- Created or constructed; the past tense of "make."
- A series of actions or steps taken to achieve a particular outcome or result.
- Something designed to be used once and then thrown away.
- Having nothing inside; not filled.
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- Unwanted materials or substances that are left over after use.
- The presence of harmful substances in the environment, which can cause problems for plants, animals, and people.
- The smallest amount or degree; the lowest in a group.
- Something that can be used again instead of being thrown away after one use.
- The act of getting rid of something, usually trash or waste.
- To use less of something, which helps to save resources and decrease waste.
- The surrounding conditions where people, animals, and plants live, including air, water, and land.
- The process of cutting down or clearing trees from a forest, which can harm the environment.
- Waste material or things that are no longer wanted, like trash.
- The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment.
- A person whose job is to clean and take care of a house or other building.
22 Clues: Having nothing inside; not filled. • Created or constructed; the past tense of "make." • The smallest amount or degree; the lowest in a group. • Something designed to be used once and then thrown away. • The act of getting rid of something, usually trash or waste. • Unwanted materials or substances that are left over after use. • ...
Science Chapter 1 2021-08-24
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- the animal that is hunted
- an organism that can make its own food
- an organism that breaks down dead plant and animal material to return it to the soil
- a sequence of how organisms use other organisms for food
- some animals rest in the winter for protection
- place where an organism naturally lives
- a group of living and nonliving things and their environment
- animal that feeds on dead or decaying animals or things
- an organism that eats food
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- moving from one place to another for protection
- a person who studies environments
- when animals eat more than one kind of food
- everything around an organism
- blending in to surroundings to protect itself
- hunts another animal for food
- scientific study of the relationship between living and nonliving thing and their environment
- any living thing
17 Clues: any living thing • the animal that is hunted • an organism that eats food • everything around an organism • hunts another animal for food • a person who studies environments • an organism that can make its own food • place where an organism naturally lives • when animals eat more than one kind of food • blending in to surroundings to protect itself • ...
WWWW 2023-09-23
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- Active support or promotion of a cause.
- The surroundings or conditions where organisms live.
- Positions in a food chain (e.g., producers, consumers).
- A community of living organisms and their environment.
- Group of organisms in a specific area.
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- Long-term patterns of weather in an area.
- Study of living things and their environment.
- Specific place where organisms live.
- Group of organisms that can interbreed.
- Behaviors or efforts to protect the environment.
10 Clues: Specific place where organisms live. • Group of organisms in a specific area. • Active support or promotion of a cause. • Group of organisms that can interbreed. • Long-term patterns of weather in an area. • Study of living things and their environment. • Behaviors or efforts to protect the environment. • The surroundings or conditions where organisms live. • ...
CHARACTERISTICS OF LIFE 2022-09-09
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- organism is able to multiply
- reproduction one organism is capable of creating offspring by itself
- when organism become suited to a particular environment
- reactions to stimuli
- sum of all chemical reactions within an organism
- respond to stimuli
- reproduction two organisms create offspring
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- organism can maintain an internal environment
- organisms change over time
- change in environment
- basic unit of life
11 Clues: basic unit of life • respond to stimuli • reactions to stimuli • change in environment • organisms change over time • organism is able to multiply • reproduction two organisms create offspring • organism can maintain an internal environment • sum of all chemical reactions within an organism • when organism become suited to a particular environment • ...
ecosystem vocabulary 2026-01-16
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- animal that only eats
- non living things in an ecosystem that affect the evironment
- animal that eats both meat and plants
- what there is to eat in that environment
- animal that only eats plants
- everything that surrounds us
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- maximum population of a species in a eviroment
- animals that feed directly on producers
- the amount of living things in an area
- is a bad interaction when two or more of the same speceic fight for the same recourses
- resources in an ecosystem that restrict growth
- all the living things in an ecosystem that shape the environment
- a community where living things interact
- a single animal plant or cell
- a complex thing that show what animal eats what
- things like plants that create their own food
- a group of living things that can breed
17 Clues: animal that only eats • animal that only eats plants • everything that surrounds us • a single animal plant or cell • animal that eats both meat and plants • the amount of living things in an area • animals that feed directly on producers • a group of living things that can breed • a community where living things interact • what there is to eat in that environment • ...
Unit 2 AOS2 Crossword 2024-08-28
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- those that result in a profit or financial gain for an individual or group as a result of utilising the natural environment.
- balancing of the needs of pets with the needs of the environment in which the pets exist (e.g. keeping cats from roaming, keeping dogs on a lead in nature reserves and bushland, and horse riding only in designated areas)
- the impacts of technology on an environment caused by the action itself
- the number of people living in a given area
- a system of farming principles and practices that seeks to rehabilitate and enhance the entire ecosystem of the farm by placing a heavy premium on soil health, with attention also paid to water management, fertiliser use, carbon sequestration and more
- habitat that is divided or broken down into smaller habitats (e.g. when a road is constructed in a swamp and the swamp is separated into two)
- small patches of native plants that remain after conversion of landscapes to agricultural or other use
- the rapid expansion of the geographic extent of cities and towns, often characterised by low-density residential housing and increased reliance on private vehicles for transportation
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- the impacts of technology on an environment caused by the production or disposal of the technology itself; it can be immediate (e.g. pollution) or delayed (e.g. climate change from greenhouse gas emissions)
- two things that appear as opposites, or strikingly different from each other
- the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes to extend our human abilities and to manipulate nature to satisfy our wants and needs
- a group of people who share a common interest in a local environment and work together to develop plans and goals to protect it
- occurring and unique groups of plants and animals; their presence can be determined by factors such as soil type, position in the landscape, climate and water availability
- the significance of a natural environment, habitat or species, based on its contribution to biodiversity, ecosystem services, scientific research, cultural heritage or aesthetic value
- the preservation, protection, management or restoration of the natural environment, inclusive of ecosystems, vegetation, wildlife and natural resources, such as soil and water
- an activity for enjoyment, amusement or pleasure. Activities are undertaken during leisure or free time.
- a resource that does not renew itself at a sufficient rate for sustainable economic extraction in meaningful human time frames
- the development and physical growth of towns and cities, including residential areas, as people move to these locations
18 Clues: the number of people living in a given area • the impacts of technology on an environment caused by the action itself • two things that appear as opposites, or strikingly different from each other • small patches of native plants that remain after conversion of landscapes to agricultural or other use • ...
reasons for resource 2021-06-07
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- The way that the management of a resource affects people or the environment.
- How people use resources.
- Sustainability: Making sure that people have equal rights to resources so that they all have the potential to participate in society to their full potential.
- Where a resource can be found.
- Resource: A resource made by humans.
- A thing that we use to meet our needs and wants.
- The amount of a resource that is avaliable, or that can be made.
- Resource: A resource that can only be used a limited number of times.
- A way of managing resources in an environment so that resources are used to their full potential. And so that there are enough resources left for others to use later.
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- A thing that is in an environment like a mountain, a plant or a road.
- When there are not enough resources to meet everyone's needs and wants.
- A place that is made up of a group of features like a desert, or a city.
- Sustainability: Making sure that resources in an environmetal are managed well so that they are not damaged, and can be re-used in the future.
- Sustainability: Making sure that the ideas and beliefs of a cultural group are looked after so that they are passed onto future generations. E.g. learning about te reo in NZ schools.
- A problem that affects an environment.
- Resource: A resource that can be used again.
- Resource: A resource made by nature.
- Sustainability: Making sure that money is well-managed so that it does not run out. Or so that money can be reinvested to make more money, or to enhance resources.
- When there are enough resources to meet everyone’s needs and wants.
19 Clues: How people use resources. • Where a resource can be found. • Resource: A resource made by nature. • Resource: A resource made by humans. • A problem that affects an environment. • Resource: A resource that can be used again. • A thing that we use to meet our needs and wants. • The amount of a resource that is avaliable, or that can be made. • ...
Deck-Out-A-Trout 2021-05-04
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- A measure of the characteristics of water –how it looks, feels, smells and what else is mixed into it that we can’t sense. This includes water’s temperature, colour, dissolved oxygen, dissolved metals and acidity.
- An animal that lives underwater and does not have a backbone or spine.
- A species of plant or animal species that is placed into a habitat that it isn’t naturally found, either accidentally or on purpose.
- A linear sequence of organisms where nutrients and energy are transferred from one organism to the other.
- A species of plant or animal that has been introduced into an ecosystem (accidentally or on purpose) and may cause harm to other species in the ecosystem.
- A characteristic that helps an organism to survive in its environment.
- The interactions of plants and animals, showing the transfer of energy between species that allow all living things in an ecosystem to survive.
- How an organism experiences it’s environment.
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- An animal that eats other animals for energy.
- A species of plant or animal that naturally lives in a given area or habitat.
- A trait, feature or behavior of a plant, animal, person or group that describes it.
- Freshwater fish that have eight fins and are part of the salmon family.
- Classification of related organisms that share common characteristics and are capable of interbreeding.
- Organs that allow animals, such as fish, to breathe underwater.
- A change in the environment caused by human activities or natural ecological processes.
- A protective outer covering on a fish’s body.
- A place or environment where a plant or animal makes its home.
- A community of interacting organisms and their environment.
18 Clues: An animal that eats other animals for energy. • A protective outer covering on a fish’s body. • How an organism experiences it’s environment. • A community of interacting organisms and their environment. • A place or environment where a plant or animal makes its home. • Organs that allow animals, such as fish, to breathe underwater. • ...
Animal Adaptations 2017-12-13
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- Is where an animal's natural home Is
- Is an animal that eats plants and not meat
- Is a biome with lots of trees and small animals
- Is a thick subsurface layer of soil that remains below freezing point throughout the year, occurring mostly in polar regions
- Is a grassy plain biome
- Is the icy and cold biome of the world
- Is when an animal can adapt to the environment around them
- Is when an animal can blend in with the colors around it
- Means a specific type of an animal
- Regions are relating to the region around the north pole
- Is another word for grassland
- Is when an animal picks a small specific part of the habitat and spends its life there
- Means when an animal Is close to extinction
- Is when it rains
- How old a certain species Is
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- Is another word for grassland
- Is an animal that eats meat and plants
- A Biological community of interacting living things and their environment
- Is an animal that eats meat not plants
- Is a sandy biome that Is extremely hot at day but extremely cold at night
- Species Is an animal species that Is close to being endangered
- are the chemicals we use to kill weeds and pests like rats and mosquitoes
- Was a very smart man that created the theory of evolution which was that animals adapt to survive in the environment around them
- Is another word for grassland
- Is an genius in natural hIstory
- Means for there to be none of that specific species left on the planet
- Is another word for grassland
- For an animal to occupy an environment
- Is a very expensive substance that comes from elephant tusks
- Is when an animal or plant evolves and changes to adapt to the environment around it
- Is the underwater biome of the world
- Means Plain and boring
32 Clues: Is when it rains • Means Plain and boring • Is a grassy plain biome • How old a certain species Is • Is another word for grassland • Is another word for grassland • Is another word for grassland • Is another word for grassland • Is an genius in natural hIstory • Means a specific type of an animal • Is where an animal's natural home Is • Is the underwater biome of the world • ...
Ecology 2014-08-30
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- any natural resource that can replenish itself naturally over time
- the specific role of a species within its environment
- the introduction of harmful substances or products into the environment
- trees that lose all of their leaves in the fall and regrow them each spring
- the place where an organism usually lives
- a relationship where one organism is harmed and the other organism benefits
- a species at risk of extinction because of human activity, changes in climate, changes in predator-prey ratios, etc
- living components of the ecosystem
- a relationship in which both organisms benefit
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- the coniferous evergreen forests of subarctic lands, covering vast areas of northern North America and Eurasia.
- one of the vast, nearly level, treeless plains of the arctic regions of Europe, Asia, and North America.
- the process of one community replacing another community that has been partially or completely destroyed
- the part of earth where life exists; includes all living organisms on earth
- any natural resource from the Earth that exists in limited supply and cannot be replaced if it is used up
- a group of organisms that belong to the same species and live in a particular place at the same time
- the study of the interactions between organisms and other living and nonliving components in their environment
- the development of a community in an area that has never supported life
- a relationship where one organism benefits while the other organism is not affected
- an organism that lives by breaking down organic matter from dead organisms
- a close, long-term relationship between two organisms
- an organism that is able to make its own food
- tropical or temperate grasslands that have scattered deciduous trees and shrubs
- an organism, usually an animal, that feeds on plants or other animals.
- a community of organisms and their abiotic environment
- non-living components of the ecosystem; physical and chemical characteristics of the environment
25 Clues: living components of the ecosystem • the place where an organism usually lives • an organism that is able to make its own food • a relationship in which both organisms benefit • the specific role of a species within its environment • a close, long-term relationship between two organisms • a community of organisms and their abiotic environment • ...
unit 2 2022-05-23
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- an introduced, nonnative organism (disease, parasite, plant, or animal) that begins to spread or expand its range from the site of its original introduction and that has the potential to cause harm to the environment, the economy, or to human health
- the complex of physical, chemical, and biotic factors that act upon an organism or an ecological community and ultimately determine its form and survival
- A biotic factor is a living organism that shapes its environment
- the area and resources used by a particular species
- organism often a microorganism or a plant that serves as a measure of the environmental conditions that exist in a given locale
- the regions of the surface, atmosphere, and hydrosphere of the earth (or analogous parts of other planets) occupied by living organisms.
- an interacting group of various species in a common location
- the interaction of individuals that vie for a common resource that is in limited supply
- the branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings.
- an organism that helps define an entire ecosystem
- an organism that can produce its own food using light, water, carbon dioxide, or other chemicals
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- an organism that consumes other organisms in a food chain
- any relationship or interaction between two dissimilar organisms.
- non-living chemical and physical parts of the environment that affect living
- the role an organism plays in a communityan interacting group of various species in a common location
- the killing by one living organism of another for food
- an organism (such as an earthworm or a fungus) that feeds on dead and decomposing organic matter.
- step in a nutritive series, or food chain, of an ecosystem
- a living thing made up of one or more cells and able to carry on the activities of life
- a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment
20 Clues: an organism that helps define an entire ecosystem • the area and resources used by a particular species • the killing by one living organism of another for food • an organism that consumes other organisms in a food chain • step in a nutritive series, or food chain, of an ecosystem • an interacting group of various species in a common location • ...
Biosphere Part 1 2022-09-14
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- natural home or environment of an organism
- living factors in the environment
- Trophic level one has the __________ organims
- a group of interbreeding organisms living in the same area (all of the deer in the forest)
- An interaction in which one organism kills another for food
- A relationship where both organisms benefit
- Only eats plants to get energy
- An organism that cannot make its own food.
- Overall weather in an area over a long period of time
- Trophic level 4 has the ______ amount of organisms
- the process in which water droplets turn into water vapor
- the process in which water vapor turns back into water droplets
- Second order consumer (herbivore or omnivore)
- organisms being eaten
- First order consumers (herbivores)
- Eats both plants and animals to get energy
- A close interaction between species in which one of the species live in or on the other
- The condition of Earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place.
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- non-living factors in the environment
- Only eats meat to get energy
- Two species having the same requirements for resources to impact their growth, one species may succeed over the other
- An organism that makes its own food
- Earth's primary source of energy
- A relationship in which one organism benefits, while the other organism is neither harmed nor helped
- role an organism plays in a community
- consumes all or part of the body of another
- any plant or animal
- organism that feeds on plant and animal remains and other dead matter
- Third order consumer (carnivore)
- all the organisms living in the same area AND their nonliving environment
- the study of the interaction between organisms and the environment
- Is a relationship in which one organism obtains its food at the expense of another organism, the host.
- An organism that gets its energy from breaking down dead organisms
33 Clues: any plant or animal • organisms being eaten • Only eats meat to get energy • Only eats plants to get energy • Earth's primary source of energy • Third order consumer (carnivore) • living factors in the environment • First order consumers (herbivores) • An organism that makes its own food • non-living factors in the environment • role an organism plays in a community • ...
science 1 2022-12-01
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- group of organisms that can reproduce with one another in nature and produce fertile offspring.
- organism that can't make its own food.
- Flow
- who eats whom in the wild
- relationship between individuals of two species in which one species obtains food or other benefits from the other without either harming or benefiting the latter
- chain
- an organism that lives on or in a host organism and gets its food from or at the expense of its host.
- occasion when two or more people or things communicate with or react to each other:
- organism that mostly feeds on plants
- adjustment of organisms to their environment in order to improve their chances at survival in that environment
- an organism that mostly eats meat, or the flesh of animals
- adaptation:
- The term mainly refers to a living organism that acts as a harbor for invading pathogenic organisms.
- factor
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- characteristic
- are any kind of green plant..
- a trait or variants encoded in DNA and passed from parent to offspring during reproduction.
- of Numbers
- role an organism plays in a community..
- the amount of energy that moves along the food chain is
- What is the study of the relationships between living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment
- the total number of individual organisms at each level in the food chain of an ecosystem.
- made up of the parts of Earth where life exists.
- type of symbiotic relationship where all species involved benefit from their interactions.
- factor
- activity 1. the various actions for recreation, living, or necessity done by people
- nonliving part of an ecosystem that shapes its environment.
- the animal's body functions or looks on the outside.
- living organism that shapes its environment.
29 Clues: Flow • chain • factor • factor • of Numbers • adaptation: • characteristic • who eats whom in the wild • are any kind of green plant.. • organism that mostly feeds on plants • organism that can't make its own food. • role an organism plays in a community.. • living organism that shapes its environment. • made up of the parts of Earth where life exists. • ...
Ecology Crossword 2022-10-25
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- all parts of Earth in which life exists
- organisms that rely on other organisms for energy and nutrients
- the study of nature and the organisms that live in it
- what an organism does and how it interact with its environment
- the way individuals are spaced out across their range
- the sunlit region near the surface of open water
- all organisms that live in a place, together with their physical environment
- any living part of the environment
- a series of organisms in which energy is transferred from one organism to another in a straight line
- the first producers of energy-rich compounds
- the actual place an organism lives
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- a group of similar organisms that can breed
- the total amount of living tissue within a given trophic level
- matter flows from one trophic level to another, and the elements are recycled within and among ecosystems
- organisms that cannot create their own food and instead must consume energy
- the portion of open water that does not receive sunlight; photosynthesis cannot occur
- a variety of different populations that live together in a defined area
- the maximum number of individuals of a perticular species that a particular environment can support
- any factor that controls the growth of a population
- individual organisms move out of an area
- a series of somewhat predictable events that occur in a community over time
- the number of individuals that can be found per unit area
- each step or level in a food chain/web
- any non-living part of the environment
- a network of feeding interactions through which matter and energy move
- an interdependent relationship between two species
- organisms that can create their own food by converting energy
- individual organisms move into an area from somewhere else
- a group of individuals that belong in the same species and populate the same area
29 Clues: any living part of the environment • the actual place an organism lives • each step or level in a food chain/web • any non-living part of the environment • all parts of Earth in which life exists • individual organisms move out of an area • a group of similar organisms that can breed • the first producers of energy-rich compounds • ...
Geography Glossary 2024-02-04
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- meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
- hazardous waste causing danger from chemicals and infectious organisms
- Worldview holding that we can manage the earth for our benefit but that we have an ethical responsibility to be caring and responsible managers, or stewards, of the earth.
- The cultural, recreational or psychological value of the environment for people
- the action or fact of treating someone unfairly in order to benefit from their work.
- Nature exists for all species on earth, not just humans, and humans are equal to other species
- part of Earth in which life exists including land, water, and air or atmosphere
- the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.
- A term that typically describes a species that no longer has any known living individuals.
- perspectives or views held by individuals re global environment based on values and assumptions
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- Occurs when natural or human-induced processes decrease the future ability of land to support crops, livestock, or wild species.
- the ability of natural environments to absorb wastes and pollution
- the envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet.
- the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism.
- Humans are superior and the most important species on earth
- An increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere
- All the water on earth
- Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all
- The environment's provision of raw materials and natural resources eg food
- the solid, outer layer of the earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
- Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
- supports life on earth without requing human action eg. decomposition
- Release of harmful materials into the environment
- the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates.
24 Clues: All the water on earth • Release of harmful materials into the environment • Humans are superior and the most important species on earth • Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts • the envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet. • An increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere • ...
Geography Glossary 2024-02-04
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- part of Earth in which life exists including land, water, and air or atmosphere
- The environment's provision of raw materialsand natural resources eg food
- An increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere (especially a sustained increase that causes climatic changes)
- hazardous waste causing danger from chemicals and infectious organisms
- All the water on earth
- Worldview holding that we can manage the earth for our benefit but that we have an ethical responsibility to be caring and responsible managers, or stewards, of the earth.
- the action or fact of treating someone unfairly in order to benefit from their work.
- meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
- the envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet.
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- A term that typically describes a species that no longer has any known living individuals.
- perspectives or views held by individuals re global environment
- function the ability of natural environments to absorb wastes and pollution
- the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates.
- Nature exists for all species on earth, not just humans, and humans are equal to other species
- Occurs when natural or human-induced processes decrease the future ability of land to support crops, livestock, or wild species.
- Humans are superior and the most important species on earth
- Release of harmful materials into the environment
- The cultural, recreational or psychological value of the environment for people
- Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
- the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.
- supports life on earth without requring human action eg. decomposition
- the solid, outer layer of the earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
- the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism.
23 Clues: All the water on earth • Release of harmful materials into the environment • Humans are superior and the most important species on earth • Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts • the envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet. • perspectives or views held by individuals re global environment • ...
geography 2024-02-04
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- the solid, outer layer of the earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
- perspectives or views held by individuals re global environment based on values and assumptions
- energy Ensure access to affordable, reliable,sustainable and modern energy for all
- Humans are superior and the most important species on earth
- the envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planetBiodiversity the variety of life in the world or in a
- Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
- A term that typically describes a species that no longer has any known living individuals
- The environment's provision of raw materials and natural resources eg food
- The cultural, recreational or psychological value of the environment for people
- Occurs when natural or human-induced processes decrease the future ability of land to support crops, livestock, or wild species
- supports life on earth without requing human action eg. decomposition
- particular habitat or ecosystem
- the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates
- An increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere (especially a sustained increase that causes climatic changes)
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- Release of harmful materials into the environment
- Worldview holding that we can manage the earth for our benefit but that we have an ethical responsibility to be caring and responsible managers, or stewards, of the earth
- the ability of natural environments to absorb wastes and pollution
- the natural home or environment of an animal,plant, or other organism.
- part of Earth in which life exists including land,water, and air or atmosphere
- Nature exists for all species on earth, not just humans, and humans are equal to other species
- the action or fact of treating someone unfairly in order to benefit from their work
- All the water on earth
22 Clues: All the water on earth • particular habitat or ecosystem • Release of harmful materials into the environment • Humans are superior and the most important species on earth • Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts • the ability of natural environments to absorb wastes and pollution • ...
geography 2024-02-04
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- the solid, outer layer of the earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
- perspectives or views held by individuals re global environment based on values and assumptions
- energy Ensure access to affordable, reliable,sustainable and modern energy for all
- Humans are superior and the most important species on earth
- the envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planetBiodiversity the variety of life in the world or in a
- Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
- A term that typically describes a species that no longer has any known living individuals
- The environment's provision of raw materials and natural resources eg food
- The cultural, recreational or psychological value of the environment for people
- Occurs when natural or human-induced processes decrease the future ability of land to support crops, livestock, or wild species
- supports life on earth without requing human action eg. decomposition
- particular habitat or ecosystem
- the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates
- An increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere (especially a sustained increase that causes climatic changes)
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- Release of harmful materials into the environment
- Worldview holding that we can manage the earth for our benefit but that we have an ethical responsibility to be caring and responsible managers, or stewards, of the earth
- the ability of natural environments to absorb wastes and pollution
- the natural home or environment of an animal,plant, or other organism.
- part of Earth in which life exists including land,water, and air or atmosphere
- Nature exists for all species on earth, not just humans, and humans are equal to other species
- the action or fact of treating someone unfairly in order to benefit from their work
- All the water on earth
22 Clues: All the water on earth • particular habitat or ecosystem • Release of harmful materials into the environment • Humans are superior and the most important species on earth • Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts • the ability of natural environments to absorb wastes and pollution • ...
Ecology 2024-03-01
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- all the biotic organisms on Earth and the ecosystems they inhabit, including the oceans and the atmosphere
- renewable organic material that comes from plants and animals
- an animal that naturally preys on others
- a linear network of links in a food web starting from producer organisms and ending at an apex predator or decomposer
- an individual living thing.
- disease, competition, and predation
- the living organisms (biotic) in an area and the non-living aspects (abiotic) of the environment
- the role of a species in its ecosystem
- the parts of the environment that are alive, or were alive and then died
- an organism that helps define an entire ecosystem
- an animal that is hunted or killed by another animal for food
- an introduced, nonnative organism (disease, parasite, plant, or animal) that begins to spread or expand its range from the site of its original introduction
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- all of the populations of different species that live in the same area and interact with one another
- a group of organisms belonging to the same species (a group of individuals that can breed to produce fertile young) that live in the same area and interact with one another
- consists of all the food chains in a single ecosystem
- the physical environment in which a species lives and to which it is adapted
- interaction between organisms or species in which both require a resource that is in limited supply
- parts of the environment that have never been alive
- study of how living organisms interact with each other and their environment
- any force that affects the size of a population of living things regardless of the density of the population
- a group of ecosystems with the same climate and dominant biotic communities found in different locations throughout the biosphere
21 Clues: an individual living thing. • disease, competition, and predation • the role of a species in its ecosystem • an animal that naturally preys on others • an organism that helps define an entire ecosystem • parts of the environment that have never been alive • consists of all the food chains in a single ecosystem • ...
Ecology vocab 2024-04-12
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- CAPACITY:Largest population an environment can support over a period of time.
- FACTORS: all the NON-LIVING things in an ecosystem.
- are plants, algae, and some kinds of bacteria
- that are eaten by other organisms.
- Organisms that live together in an ecosystem
- Two or more organisms trying to use the same limited resources at the same time.
- all the LIVING things in an ecosystem environment
- the Greek word meaning “living together” and can be used to describe any association between two organisms living in close association with each other.
- Eat plants
- PYRAMID: Triangular diagram showing the loss of energy at each level of the food chain.
- A community of organisms and the abiotic factors in the environment.
- Things that keep a population fromrowing
- the same species in the same area environment at the same time
- enough
- eat dead organisms
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- diagram that shows how the energy flows from one organism to the next.
- association (symbiotic relationship) in which both organisms benefit
- at plants and meat
- that eat other organisms.
- organism [the parasite] benefits, and the other [the host] is adversely affected [weakened, sickened, damaged etc].
- WEB: complex diagram showing the transfer of energy pathways in an ecosystem.
- Organisms that break down dead organisms
- The science of the relationships between organisms and their environments.
- eat meat
- The part of the earth and its atmosphere in which living organisms exist or that is capable of supporting life.
- of one species benefit, while individuals of the other species do not benefit and are not harmed
- place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives
- (prey)
- Organisms that get food from an outside source
- When one organism looks like another for protection.
- that can make their own food from sunlight or chemicals
- many Predators
32 Clues: (prey) • enough • eat meat • Eat plants • many Predators • at plants and meat • eat dead organisms • that eat other organisms. • that are eaten by other organisms. • Organisms that break down dead organisms • Things that keep a population fromrowing • Organisms that live together in an ecosystem • are plants, algae, and some kinds of bacteria • ...
Living Things Vocabulary 2024-12-20
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- part of the Earth where life exists
- organic matter that contains stored energy
- diagram that shows how the energy in food molecules flows from one organism to the next
- an organism's way of life and its relationships with its abiotic and biotic environments
- organism that use sunlight directly to make food
- a group of individuals of the same species that live together in the same area at the same time
- describes living factors in the environment
- the study of the interactions between organisms and their environment
- animal that feeds on the bodies of dead animals (snails, clams, worms, crabs)
- describes non-living factors in the environment
- diagram shaped like a triangle that shows the loss of energy at each level of the food chain
- the process in which plants use carbon dioxide from the air to make sugars.
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- energy can not be created nor destroyed, only transferred from one place to another.
- process in which sugar molecules are broken down to release energy. Carbon dioxide and water are released.
- organism that get energy by breaking down the remains of dead organisms
- consumer that eats a variety of organisms
- consumer that eats plants
- an organism that makes its own food.
- a relationship between two organisms in an ecosystem.
- made up of a community of organisms and its abiotic environment
- an organism that can not make its own food.
- the environment in which an organism lives
- a domino effect in a food chain where a change in the population of one animal, usually a top predator, significantly impacts the populations of other animals at lower levels in the food chain, causing a ripple effect throughout the entire ecosystem;
- all of the populations of different species that live and interact in an area
- a complex diagram representing the main energy pathways in a real ecosystem
- consumer that eats animals
- organism that eat producers or other organisms for energy
27 Clues: consumer that eats plants • consumer that eats animals • part of the Earth where life exists • an organism that makes its own food. • consumer that eats a variety of organisms • organic matter that contains stored energy • the environment in which an organism lives • describes living factors in the environment • an organism that can not make its own food. • ...
Human Impact 2025-04-08
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- The variety of living things in an environment, which can be reduced by pollution and habitat destruction.
- increasing number of people living on the planet
- The process of converting waste into reusable material to help reduce environmental impact.
- The protection and careful management of natural resources to prevent their depletion.
- Using resources in a way that does not deplete them and protects the environment for future generations.
- Gases Gases in the atmosphere, such as carbon dioxide and methane, that trap heat and contribute to global warming.
- Science the study of human impact on the natural environment
- Change A long-term shift in global or regional climate patterns, often linked to human activities.
- The natural environment where an organism lives, which can be damaged or destroyed by human development.
- The removal of trees and forests, often to make space for farming or development.
- The introduction of harmful substances into the environment.
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- The process by which soil and rock are removed from the Earth’s surface, often worsened by human activity.
- Footprint The total amount of greenhouse gases released by human activities, usually measured in units of carbon dioxide.
- Process of reusing materials to reduce waste
- Fuels Energy sources like coal, oil, and natural gas that come from the remains of ancient organisms and release greenhouse gases when burned.
- billion total number of humans on Earth by 2050 (predicted)
- hundred million Number of humans estimated to be on Earth 1,000 years ago
- The growth of cities and the movement of people from rural areas to urban ones, often impacting local ecosystems.
- billion Current approximate number of humans on Earth
- Catching too many fish from an area, leading to population decline and ecosystem imbalance.
- A resource that can be replaced naturally and is not depleted when used, like solar or wind energy.
- Type of land use that occupies a significant space for food production
22 Clues: Process of reusing materials to reduce waste • increasing number of people living on the planet • billion Current approximate number of humans on Earth • Science the study of human impact on the natural environment • The introduction of harmful substances into the environment. • billion total number of humans on Earth by 2050 (predicted) • ...
NURSE WORD PUZZLE 2022-12-13
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- are accepted as truth and represents the values and beliefs of the theory or conceptual framework.
- A term or a label that describes a phenomenon or a group phenomena
- Presents the first nursing theory that focuses on the manipulation of the environment for the benefit of the patient.
- Is a statement about a concept or a statement of the relation between two or more concepts
- the performance no longer relies on analytical principle to connect an understanding of the situation to an appropriate action
- is the most global prspective of a discipline
- Takes the place in the environment that affects the client and involves taking action to modify that environment
- Nightingale work is clear and easily understood.
- is the theory that the origin of all knowledge is sensory experience
- Theory have been used to provide general guidelines for all nurse.
- which supports that empirical research and logical analysis where two approaches that would produce scientific knowledge
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- Nightingale recommended two essential behaviors by the nurse in the area of assessment
- The advanced beginner moves
- Is specifically defined as a set of concepts and statements that integrate the concepts into meaningful configuration
- has metaphysical component that implies that the natural world exists
- Is based on the effect of the changes in the environment on the client and involves taking action to modify that environment
- The performer perceives the situation a whole rather than the terms of aspects .
- the person has no background experience of the situation in which he or she involved
- is an organized coherent and systematic of a set of statements
- This is accomplished with cards, flowers, pictures, books or puzzles .
- Develop and implement adequate light in the client’s room without placing the client in direct light.
- Nightingale provides a descriptive explanatory theory
22 Clues: The advanced beginner moves • is the most global prspective of a discipline • Nightingale work is clear and easily understood. • Nightingale provides a descriptive explanatory theory • is an organized coherent and systematic of a set of statements • A term or a label that describes a phenomenon or a group phenomena • ...
Ecosystems 2026-01-28
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- Organsims that live in or on another organism and gets its food from it
- The path of energy and matter in a community
- Part of the environment that is not alive and never have been alive
- An animal that eats both meat and plants
- A place that provides all the things an organism needs to live
- The struggle of organisms for the same limited resources
- living on land/land band ecosystems
- a meat eating animal
- A group of organisms of one special species that live in an area at the same time
- An organism that makes its own food through the process of photosynthesis
- The repeated movement of carbon through the environment in different forms
- Organisms that are so small that you need a microscope to observe them
- Everything that surround an organism and influences it
- A plant eating animal
- Animal that is killed and eaten by other animals
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- Organism that a parasite lives in or on
- The process by which an organism takes in and processes oxygen and release carbon dioxide
- the process by which green plants and blue green algae, in the present of light makes food out of carbon dioxide and water
- Part of an environment that is alive or was alive at one time
- factors that limit the carrying capacity of a habitat such as food, water and space
- Living in water/water based ecosystems
- A combination of all the food chains in a community
- An Organism that feed on other organism or organic matter because it cannot make its own food
- The repeated movement of nitrogen through the environment in different forms
- All the populations living in one area
- Organisms that feed on and break down organisms
- Any living thing
- All living and nonliving things in an area and their interactions
- animal that kills and eats other animals
29 Clues: Any living thing • a meat eating animal • A plant eating animal • living on land/land band ecosystems • Living in water/water based ecosystems • All the populations living in one area • Organism that a parasite lives in or on • An animal that eats both meat and plants • animal that kills and eats other animals • The path of energy and matter in a community • ...
Science Grid Masters 2026-07-09
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- Green pigment that traps sunlight for food production. Biology
- Force that opposes the movement of one surface over another. Physics
- An object that attracts iron, nickel, and cobalt. Physics
- Invisible force that keeps planets in orbit and objects on the ground. Physics
- Blanket of gases surrounding Earth. Earth Science
- Sudden shaking of Earth's crust caused by movement of tectonic plates. Earth Science
- The smallest structural and functional unit of life. Biology
- Cell organelle that controls all activities of the cell. Biology
- Mass present in a given volume of a substance. Physics/Chemistry
- Community of living organisms interacting with their environment. Environment
- A homogeneous mixture of a solute and a solvent. Chemistry
- Negatively charged particle found outside the nucleus. Chemistry
- Process by which a liquid changes into a gas below its boiling point. Chemistry
- Large-scale cutting down of forests. Environment
- Chemical reaction between an acid and a base producing salt and water. Chemistry
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- Process through which living organisms release energy from food. Biology
- Smallest particle of a substance that can exist independently. Chemistry
- A complete path through which electric current flows. Physics
- Animal that feeds only on plants. Biology
- Variety of different living organisms in an area. Environment
- Organism that breaks down dead plants and animals. Biology
- Molten rock found beneath Earth's surface. Earth Science
- Speed measured together with its direction. Physics
- Instrument used to detect and record earthquakes.
- Converting waste materials into useful products. Environment
- Substance formed when two or more elements combine chemically. Chemistry
- A pure substance consisting of only one type of atom. Chemistry
- Material that does not allow electricity to pass through easily. Physics
- Bouncing back of light after striking a surface. Physics
- Process by which green plants prepare their own food. Biology
30 Clues: Animal that feeds only on plants. Biology • Large-scale cutting down of forests. Environment • Instrument used to detect and record earthquakes. • Blanket of gases surrounding Earth. Earth Science • Speed measured together with its direction. Physics • Molten rock found beneath Earth's surface. Earth Science • Bouncing back of light after striking a surface. Physics • ...
ENVIRONMENT AND PERFORMING ARTS 2015-03-15
17 Clues: guay • COSAS • BASURA • dañino • enorme • actuar • cartón • muebles • ENCHUFE • público • edificio • flotante • audición • VERTEDERO • CARTUCHOS • aspirante • espectacular
Food and the Environment 2022-12-01
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- A measurement of the amount of CO2 gas released into the atmosphere
- The distance that a food has travelled
- The old name for caged hens
- Plants grown in water not soil
- When the DNA is scientifically altered.
- Protecting the suppl of food
- When large quantities are grown or reared together
- Producing food in a way that can be maintained.
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- Changes in the earths temperature
- This ensures farmers are paid a proper wage.
- This type of farming does not use articicial pesticides or fertilisers.
- A type of wild game bird
- Fossil fuels are this.
- Foods grown at the natural time of year
- Gathering wild foods
- The organisation thatoversees organic food production
- Some concerns have been raised about this in intensive farming.
17 Clues: Gathering wild foods • Fossil fuels are this. • A type of wild game bird • The old name for caged hens • Protecting the suppl of food • Plants grown in water not soil • Changes in the earths temperature • The distance that a food has travelled • Foods grown at the natural time of year • When the DNA is scientifically altered. • This ensures farmers are paid a proper wage. • ...
Unit 9 Environment Vocabulary 2020-05-12
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- facts and information used for making calculations
- the possibility to develop or achieve something in the future
- money you get from working or investing money
- cause (someone) to have a liking for or interest in something.
- to change from use or method to another
- the action of making or manufacturing from components or raw materials
- a promise that something is true
- an exchange of diverging or opposite views, typically a heated or angry one.
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- the action or process of installing someone or something
- certain
- a sentence worded or expressed so as to elicit information.
- relating to something in an appropriate way
- the ability to do something
- contaminate (water, air, or a place) with harmful or poisonous substances.
- grow or cause to grow and become more mature, advanced, or elaborate.
- protect (something, especially an environmentally or culturally important place or thing) from harm or destruction.
- maintain (something) in its original or existing state.
17 Clues: certain • the ability to do something • a promise that something is true • to change from use or method to another • relating to something in an appropriate way • money you get from working or investing money • facts and information used for making calculations • maintain (something) in its original or existing state. • ...
Org. and Environment Review 2020-04-07
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- - eat the remains of organisms left behind by other animals
- - any characteristic that helps a plant or animal survive
- web - a series of overlapping food chains
- - the place where an organism lives
- - organisms that make their own food using energy from the sun
- - Traits that are passed down from parent to offspring; fill in this blank "instinctive/_______________ behavior
- chain - traces ONE path of energy as it moves from one organism to the next in an ecosystem
- - physical adaptation where organism resembles something else or its surroundings
- - All of the living organisms on Earth interacting together
- - Greek word meaning "housed"; this is where we get the word ecosystem
- - feed on the remains or wastes of other organisms and break it down
- - community of plants, animals, bacteria, organisms interacting with each other and with the nonliving environment
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- - animal trait that develops from being taught or passed down rather than by heredity; fill in the blanks - "_______ behavior"
- - Greek root word that means "form" or "shape"
- - a physical adaptation that helps an animal blend in with their surrounding environment
- - consumers that are plant eaters and feed directly on producers
- - consumers that are meat-eaters; they eat herbivores or other carnivores
- - any organism that gets it food from eating another organism
18 Clues: - the place where an organism lives • web - a series of overlapping food chains • - Greek root word that means "form" or "shape" • - any characteristic that helps a plant or animal survive • - eat the remains of organisms left behind by other animals • - All of the living organisms on Earth interacting together • ...
Vocabulary Quiz Prep 2022-12-06
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- - the growth model that has no limitations
- - when organisms of a population leave their environment
- - population distribution where the organisms are arranged in a pattern
- - the type of survivorship curve that represents populations that have a constant and random death rate
- - an organism that has high life expectancy, few offspring, repeated reproduction, and parental care
- - a limiting factor that is not impacted by population size
- - population distribution where organisms are grouped randomly throughout the environment
- - the amount of a population an environment can hold for a long period of time
- - an organism that has a low life expectancy, many offspring, big-bang reproduction, and little to no parental care
- - the growth model that is more common for natural populations, with a carrying capacity
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- - anything that prevents a population from growing
- - a limiting factor that is more severe for larger populations
- - the type of survivorship that best represents r-strategists
- - population distribution where the organisms have no pattern or groups
- density - the amount of organisms in a population in a given area
- - when organisms of a population enter a new environment
- - the type of survivorship that best represents k-strategists
- - in a logistic growth model, when a population goes beyond the carrying capacity
18 Clues: - the growth model that has no limitations • - anything that prevents a population from growing • - when organisms of a population leave their environment • - when organisms of a population enter a new environment • - a limiting factor that is not impacted by population size • - the type of survivorship that best represents r-strategists • ...
Biotic Abiotic Lab 2023-05-10
10 Clues: Living • Not living • resource available • Physical environment • A place a species live in • Group of living organisms • Stuff needed to make other stuff • The amount of species a place can hold • Non-organism that shapes an Environment • Living organism that shapes an Environment
Ecosystems 2018-02-07
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- Job or role an organism has in its environment
- non-living parts of the environment
- Total amount of organisms an area can carry
- Natural system that includes the living and non-living parts
- Part of the Earth’s crust, waters, and atmosphere that support life.
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- Variety of life in an ecosystem.
- The place where an organism lives
- Groups of different populations in a specific area
- Number of a species in an area
- Something that controls population growth
- living parts of the environment
- Organism that is hunted
- Organism that does the hunting
13 Clues: Organism that is hunted • Number of a species in an area • Organism that does the hunting • living parts of the environment • Variety of life in an ecosystem. • The place where an organism lives • non-living parts of the environment • Something that controls population growth • Total amount of organisms an area can carry • Job or role an organism has in its environment • ...
Ecology 2022-04-27
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- a consumer that eats plants
- a community of organisms and their non-living environment
- polluted precipitation that can damage the environment
- a consumer that eats variety of organisms
- living organisms in the environment
- a representative color of the Earth Day
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- turns fruit and vegetable waste into rich soil for gardening
- resources that can be replenished or replaced through a careful management
- non-living factors in the environment
- a comsumer that eats other animals
10 Clues: a consumer that eats plants • a comsumer that eats other animals • living organisms in the environment • non-living factors in the environment • a representative color of the Earth Day • a consumer that eats variety of organisms • polluted precipitation that can damage the environment • a community of organisms and their non-living environment • ...
Ecology 2019-12-16
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- the process, performed by certain bacteria found in the nodules of leguminous plants, that make the atmospheric nitrogen available for use in organisms.
- The flow of chemical elements and compounds between living organisms and the physical environment.
- the amount of living matter in a given habitat, expressed either as the weight of organisms per unit area or as the volume of organisms per unit volume of habitat.
- the substance or substances of which any physical object consists or is composed.
- an environmental factor that tends to limit population size.
- a system, or a group of interconnected elements, formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their environment.
- substance that living organisms obtain from the environment to carry out life processes and sustain life.
- the branch of biology dealing with the relations and interactions between organisms and their environment, including other organisms.
- a complex biotic community characterized by distinctive plant and animal species and maintained under the climatic conditions of the region, especially such a community that has developed to climax.
- the ecosystem comprising the entire earth and the living organisms that inhabit it.
- the process of removing nitrogen compounds from the soil back into nitrogen gas.
- the living together of two dissimilar organisms, as in mutualism, commensalism, amensalism, or parasitism.
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- the natural environment of an organism; place that is natural for the life and growth of an organism.
- the progressive replacement of one community by another until a climax community is established.
- the position or function of an organism in a community of plants and animals.
- an organism’s ability to survive biotic and abiotic factors.
- an assemblage of interacting populations occupying a given area.
- factor a nonliving condition or thing, as climate or habitat, that influences or affects an ecosystem and the organisms in it.
- all the individuals of one species in a given area.
- factor a living thing, as an animal or plant, that influences or affects an ecosystem.
20 Clues: all the individuals of one species in a given area. • an organism’s ability to survive biotic and abiotic factors. • an environmental factor that tends to limit population size. • an assemblage of interacting populations occupying a given area. • the position or function of an organism in a community of plants and animals. • ...
Patrick´s Crossword puzzle. Use _ for spaces. 2021-09-08
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- way in which people are spread across a given area.
- a living organism that shapes its environment.
- a nonliving part of an ecosystem that shapes its environment.
- population´s size increases at a faster rate over time.
- a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding.
- limiting factor that does not depend on the population size.
- movement of organisms to an area than one they are native to, permanently.
- a supply of materials that an organism uses to survive or to improve its environment.
- a chart that shows the different number of age of the organisms in an area.
- the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism.
- the branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings.
- a group of organisms living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common.
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- seasonal movement of organisms between two areas.
- when the population size flattens out just before it hits the carrying capacity due to limiting factors.
- a particular section, group, or type of animals living in an area or region.
- measurement of population per unit area.
- the maximum reproductive capacity of an organism under optimum environmental conditions.
- a factor that limits the size of a population in an area.
- movement of organisms leaving an area they are native to, permanently.
- the number of organism in a population.
- limiting factor that depends on the population size.
- the amount of organisms and area can hold without disrupting the organisms.
- a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.
- a chart that shows the different number of genders in an area.
- a graph showing the number or proportion of individuals surviving to each age for a given species or group.
- the regions of the surface, atmosphere, and hydrosphere of the earth occupied by living organisms.
26 Clues: the number of organism in a population. • measurement of population per unit area. • a living organism that shapes its environment. • seasonal movement of organisms between two areas. • way in which people are spread across a given area. • limiting factor that depends on the population size. • population´s size increases at a faster rate over time. • ...
Populations and Communities 2021-04-21
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- in this symbiosis, both the host and symbiont benefit
- a trait or behavior an organism has inherited that enables it to prosper in its environment
- the factors in an ecosystem that are nonliving
- a relationship between two individuals
- the study of how living things interact with each other and their environment
- interaction where one organism kills another
- when a population increases because new individuals are coming into the habitat
- the largest population an environment can support is called this (two words)
- all members of one species living in a particular area
- the individual that is hunted as food
- change in a species over time due to changes in the environment
- the two individuals in a symbiotic relationship are the host and the ___
- the individual that hunts another for food
- an organism's particular role an ecosystem
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- all the different populations living together make this
- this process is sometimes referred to as "survival of the fittest" (two words)
- the living and once living factors in an ecosystem
- populations will increase if the ___rate is higher than the __rate (two words)
- in this symbiosis, the host is not affected
- the number of organisms per unit area (two words)
- the part of an ecosystem where an organism lives and feeds is called the organism's ___
- in this symbiosis, the host is harmed
- a community plus the nonliving factors
- something that prevents an organism from living or growing in an environment
- the struggle between organisms for survival in a habitat with limited resources
- if the carrying capacity is exceeded in a population, the population will ___ in number
- when an organism resembles another due to coloration or body characteristics
- the smallest unit of ecological organization is an ___
- when numbers of a population leave an area in search of better resources
29 Clues: in this symbiosis, the host is harmed • the individual that is hunted as food • a community plus the nonliving factors • a relationship between two individuals • the individual that hunts another for food • an organism's particular role an ecosystem • in this symbiosis, the host is not affected • interaction where one organism kills another • ...
Populations and Communities 2021-04-21
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- the individual that is hunted as food
- in this symbiosis, the host is not affected
- the study of how living things interact with each other and their environment
- something that prevents an organism from living or growing in an environment
- the part of an ecosystem where an organism lives and feeds is called the organism's ___
- in this symbiosis, the host is harmed
- the two individuals in a symbiotic relationship are the host and the ___
- an organism's particular role an ecosystem
- when numbers of a population leave an area in search of better resources
- the smallest unit of ecological organization is an ___
- when an organism resembles another due to coloration or body characteristics
- change in a species over time due to changes in the environment
- populations will increase if the ___rate is higher than the __rate (two words)
- the living and once living factors in an ecosystem
- when a population increases because new individuals are coming into the habitat
- the number of organisms per unit area (two words)
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- the largest population an environment can support is called this (two words)
- this process is sometimes referred to as "survival of the fittest" (two words)
- if the carrying capacity is exceeded in a population, the population will ___ in number
- all the different populations living together make this
- the individual that hunts another for food
- a trait or behavior an organism has inherited that enables it to prosper in its environment
- all members of one species living in a particular area
- a community plus the nonliving factors
- the struggle between organisms for survival in a habitat with limited resources
- interaction where one organism kills another
- in this symbiosis, both the host and symbiont benefit
- a relationship between two individuals
- the factors in an ecosystem that are nonliving
29 Clues: the individual that is hunted as food • in this symbiosis, the host is harmed • a community plus the nonliving factors • a relationship between two individuals • the individual that hunts another for food • an organism's particular role an ecosystem • in this symbiosis, the host is not affected • interaction where one organism kills another • ...
Unit 4 Vocab Part B 2023-05-10
Across
- occurs when two populations differ in their periods of activity or reproductive cycles
- a type of reproductive isolation where two species physically cannot undergo fertilization
- A change in the gene pool of a population due to chance
- Change in a kind of organism over time; process by which modern organisms have descended from ancient organisms
- The preservation remains or traces of organisms that once lived on Earth
- Structure that is inherited from ancestors but has lost so much or all of its original function
- A term that typically describes a species that no longer has any known living individuals
- Structures in different species that are similar because of common ancestry
- A unit of heredity that is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring
- Selection by humans for breeding of useful traits from the natural variation among different organisms
- Structure that has the same function but different construction anf was not inherited from common ancestor
- Physical separation of a group of individuals from others of the same species
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- The formation of new and distinct species in the course of evolution
- The separation of groups of organisms as a result of changes in their ecology or in the environment in which they live
- the process in which two or more populations of an ancestral species accumulate independent genetic changes (mutations) through time
- A natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment
- Isolation between populations due to differences in courtship or mating behavior
- Process by which individuals that are better suited to their environment survive and reproduce most successfully
- Change in a DNA sequence that affects genetic information
- A characteristic that improves an individual’s ability to survive and reproduce in a particular environment
- Ability of an organism to survive and reproduce in its environment
21 Clues: A change in the gene pool of a population due to chance • Change in a DNA sequence that affects genetic information • Ability of an organism to survive and reproduce in its environment • The formation of new and distinct species in the course of evolution • The preservation remains or traces of organisms that once lived on Earth • ...
Unit 9 Vocab 2023-05-15
Across
- A living organism that shapes its environment
- consists of all the organisms and the physical environment with which they interact
- the natural interconnection of food chains and a graphical representation of what-eats-what
- a long-term biological interaction in which members of one species gain benefits while those of the other species neither benefit nor are harmed.
- is the long-term heating of Earth's surface observed since the pre-industrial period
- the removal of a forest or stand of trees from land that is then converted to non-forest use.
- build up of chemicals in fish
- Any kind of green plants
- all the inhabitants of a particular area.
- the rise or increase in the contaminated substances caused by the intoxicating environment.
- the practice of living as a parasite in or on another organism.
- any organism that does not make its own energy.
- an animal that feeds on flesh
- the ecological interaction between two or more species where each species has a net benefit
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- a species' average population size in a particular habitat.
- None-living part of an ecosystem that shapes an environment
- a linear network of links in a food web
- nontoxic, nonflammable chemicals containing atoms of carbon, chlorine, and fluorine.
- organisms that break down dead or decaying organisms
- an introduced species to an environment that becomes overpopulated
- a species that is very likely to become extinct in the near future
- an organism that mostly feeds on plants.
- an interacting group of various species in a common location
- is the position it occupies in a food web
- a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes
- an animal that has the ability to eat and survive on both plant and animal matter.
26 Clues: Any kind of green plants • build up of chemicals in fish • an animal that feeds on flesh • a linear network of links in a food web • an organism that mostly feeds on plants. • all the inhabitants of a particular area. • is the position it occupies in a food web • A living organism that shapes its environment • any organism that does not make its own energy. • ...
Ecology 2014-08-30
Across
- the place where an organism usually lives
- trees that lose all of their leaves in the fall and regrow them each spring
- living components of the ecosystem
- a relationship where one organism benefits while the other organism is not affected
- the specific role of a species within its environment
- any natural resource that can replenish itself naturally over time
- the process of one community replacing another community that has been partially or completely destroyed
- the coniferous evergreen forests of subarctic lands, covering vast areas of northern North America and Eurasia.
- a community of organisms and their abiotic environment
- the introduction of harmful substances or products into the environment
- a close, long-term relationship between two organisms
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- an organism that is able to make its own food
- non-living components of the ecosystem; physical and chemical characteristics of the environment
- the study of the interactions between organisms and other living and nonliving components in their environment
- any natural resource from the Earth that exists in limited supply and cannot be replaced if it is used up
- a group of organisms that belong to the same species and live in a particular place at the same time
- a species at risk of extinction because of human activity, changes in climate, changes in predator-prey ratios, etc
- the development of a community in an area that has never supported life
- an organism that lives by breaking down organic matter from dead organisms
- one of the vast, nearly level, treeless plains of the arctic regions of Europe, Asia, and North America.
- a relationship in which both organisms benefit
- tropical or temperate grasslands that have scattered deciduous trees and shrubs
- the part of earth where life exists; includes all living organisms on earth
- an organism, usually an animal, that feeds on plants or other animals.
- a relationship where one organism is harmed and the other organism benefits
25 Clues: living components of the ecosystem • the place where an organism usually lives • an organism that is able to make its own food • a relationship in which both organisms benefit • the specific role of a species within its environment • a close, long-term relationship between two organisms • a community of organisms and their abiotic environment • ...
Biology Vocab 2015-04-13
Across
- The role of a species
- Study of how living things interact with each other and the environment
- Between members of different species
- An organism which consumes animals
- levels Feedkng positions in food chain
- Organism such as fungi that eat organic matter left by other decomposers
- Lives in another organism
- Organism that consume detritus
- Species that is consumed by another species
- Parasite lives in it
- Symbiotic relationship where one species benefits and the other in unaffected
- Consumes the soft tissues of dead animals
- Between members of June same species
- One species benefits and the other is harmed
- In an area that has never been colonized
- Physical environment in which a species lives
- Breaks down the remains and waste of other organisms, releasing simple inorganic molecules back into the environment
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- Species that plays an important role in the community
- Succession always ends with a final stable stage
- Both species benefit
- Represents a single pathway through which energy flows through the ecosystem
- An autotroph who uses energy from chemical compounds to make food
- The change in the number of species at place over time
- The first species to colonize an area
- Living aspects of the environment
- Waste and other organic debris that collects on soil
- Organism that consumes producers such as plants
- Organism that uses energy from the sun to make food
- The idea that two different species cannot occupy the same niche in the same place for very long
- Consumes plants and animals
- In a formerly inhabited area
- Total mass of organisms at the tropic level
- One species consumes another
- Non living aspects of the environment
- Distinct characteristics in an organism's role or body that occurs when competing species evolve different adaptations
- Species that consumes another species
- Represents multiple pathways through which energy flows through an ecosystem
37 Clues: Both species benefit • Parasite lives in it • The role of a species • Lives in another organism • Consumes plants and animals • In a formerly inhabited area • One species consumes another • Organism that consume detritus • Living aspects of the environment • An organism which consumes animals • Between members of different species • Between members of June same species • ...
"Down to Earth" 2017-05-23
Across
- Broadleaf Forests/ mid-latitude regions, enough moisture to support growth of large, broadleaf deciduous trees
- Zone/ the dark regions of the ocean (no light/abyss)
- all populations of organisms living close enough for possible interaction
- where a freshwater river or stream merges with ocean
- Forests/ cone-bearing trees dominate
- Ice/ extremely cold; low precipitation; high altitudes
- Factors/ living component of the environment
- northern coniferous forest (largest terrestrial biome on Earth)
- conversion of semi-arid regions to desert
- region surrounding the equator between latitudes 23.5 degrees north (Tropic of Cancer) and 23.5 degrees south (Tropic of Capricorn)
- small, drifting animals
- individuals of the same species living in a particular geographic area
- between aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems
- Zone/ the seafloor
- scientists study how it meets challenges and opportunities of environment
- Forests/ warm year-round and lots of precipitation
- scientific study of the interactions of organisms with their environment
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- has low and unpredictable rainfalls
- continuously frozen ground found in the tundra
- Zone/ part of the ocean where light penetrates
- Currents/ river-like flow patterns in oceans
- Zone/ the ocean itself (open ocean)
- Zone/ where ocean meets land
- biotic and abiotic factors in environment
- diverse algae and cyanobacteria
- animals that drift in the pelagic zone, and most have morphologial features that keep them afloat
- all of Earth that is inhabited by life
- Shelves/ submerged parts of continents (usually has light and nutrients from the seafloor)
- biome that has spiny evergreen shrubs adapted to periodic drought, found where cold ocean currents circulate offshore; mild, rainy winters and long, hot summers
- warm, dominated by grasses and scattered trees
- high altitudes, north, dwarf woody shrubs, grasses, mosses, and lichens
- biotic and abiotic factors present in surroundings
- Reefs/ found in the warm tropical waters above the continental shelf
- Factors/ nonliving component of the environment
34 Clues: Zone/ the seafloor • small, drifting animals • Zone/ where ocean meets land • diverse algae and cyanobacteria • has low and unpredictable rainfalls • Zone/ the ocean itself (open ocean) • Forests/ cone-bearing trees dominate • all of Earth that is inhabited by life • biotic and abiotic factors in environment • conversion of semi-arid regions to desert • ...
Ecology Vocab/ Definitions 2024-04-05
Across
- An organism that is able to form nutritional organic substances from simple in organic substances such as carbon dioxide
- The regions of the surface, atmosphere, and hydrosphere of the earth
- A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment
- Relating to or having the habitat of a parasite caused by or resulting from effects of parasites
- A system of interlocking and independent food chains
- A group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common
- A particular sections, group, or type of people or animals in an area or country
- An animal that is caught and killed by an other for food
- Organisms that make their own food
- An animal that feeds on plants
- An organism that cannot produce its own food and must eat other plants and animals to get energy
- The series of processes by which food is grown or produced, sold, and eventually consumed
- The living components (organisms)that shape up the environment
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- The position of an organism in the food chain
- An animal that feeds on carrion, dead plant material, or refuse
- Animals that eat both plants and animals
- An organism that eats other plants and animals for energy and nutrients
- An animal that feeds on other animals
- An organism, a soil bacterium, fungus, or invertabrae, that decomposes organic material
- Non-living of an ecosystem that shapes the environment
- An animal or plant on or in which a parasite or commensal lives
- The natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organisms
- An animal that naturally preys on others
- The study of the relationships between living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment
- A living thing, such as an animal, a plant, or bacterium, or a fungus
25 Clues: An animal that feeds on plants • Organisms that make their own food • An animal that feeds on other animals • Animals that eat both plants and animals • An animal that naturally preys on others • The position of an organism in the food chain • A system of interlocking and independent food chains • Non-living of an ecosystem that shapes the environment • ...
geography 2024-02-04
Across
- the solid, outer layer of the earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
- perspectives or views held by individuals re global environment based on values and assumptions
- energy Ensure access to affordable, reliable,sustainable and modern energy for all
- Humans are superior and the most important species on earth
- the envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planetBiodiversity the variety of life in the world or in a
- Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
- A term that typically describes a species that no longer has any known living individuals
- The environment's provision of raw materials and natural resources eg food
- The cultural, recreational or psychological value of the environment for people
- Occurs when natural or human-induced processes decrease the future ability of land to support crops, livestock, or wild species
- supports life on earth without requing human action eg. decomposition
- particular habitat or ecosystem
- the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates
- An increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere (especially a sustained increase that causes climatic changes)
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- Release of harmful materials into the environment
- Worldview holding that we can manage the earth for our benefit but that we have an ethical responsibility to be caring and responsible managers, or stewards, of the earth
- the ability of natural environments to absorb wastes and pollution
- the natural home or environment of an animal,plant, or other organism.
- part of Earth in which life exists including land,water, and air or atmosphere
- Nature exists for all species on earth, not just humans, and humans are equal to other species
- the action or fact of treating someone unfairly in order to benefit from their work
- All the water on earth
22 Clues: All the water on earth • particular habitat or ecosystem • Release of harmful materials into the environment • Humans are superior and the most important species on earth • Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts • the ability of natural environments to absorb wastes and pollution • ...
Environmental Unit 4 2024-12-16
Across
- A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.
- group of individuals of the same species that live in the same area
- The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment
- the struggle between organisms to survive in a habitat with limited resources
- a sudden decline in population
- Population growth that is controlled by limited resources
- Any living thing
- The number of different species in an area
- A natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment.
- A relationship in which two different organisms live in close association with each other
- the single factor in shortest supply relative to demand
- Breeding organisms with specific traits in order to produce offspring with identical traits.
- Population growth that is unhindered because of the abundance of resources for an ever-increasing population.
- zone where small numbers can survive these difficult conditions
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- the combination of all factors that act to limit the growth of a population
- All the different populations that live together in an area
- range where organisms survive, grow, and reproduce
- the difference between what the customer really wants and what he or she will accept before going elsewhere
- One organism benefits and the other is harmed
- when a population becomes larger than the environment's carrying capacity
- Changes in physical structure, function, or behavior that allow an organism or species to survive and reproduce in a given environment.
- Change over time
- symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit from the relationship
- one organism benefits and the other is unaffected
- the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism.
- the evolution of new species
- part of Earth in which life exists including land, water, and air or atmosphere
27 Clues: Change over time • Any living thing • the evolution of new species • a sudden decline in population • The number of different species in an area • One organism benefits and the other is harmed • one organism benefits and the other is unaffected • range where organisms survive, grow, and reproduce • the single factor in shortest supply relative to demand • ...
Interdependence in Ecosystems 2026-03-05
Across
- consumes producers for energy
- relationship where one organism lives with, on, or in another and harms it.
- energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed
- when mass cannot be created or destroyed, it is only moved through the environment
- the amount of energy that gets transferred from organism to organism in a food chain
- two species live closely together at least one benefits
- all the species that live and interact with one another in an area
- closely related organisms that can mate
- used to trace energy flow in an ecosystem
- uses energy to make their own food
- consumes primary consumers for energy
- web demonstrates the feeding relationships between organism in an ecosystem
- a factor that is the living part of the environment
- a relationship where both species beenfit
- the role an organism or population plays in an environment
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- succession when a place that was inhabited by living organisms then got disrupted by something like a volcano
- a gradual change that occurs over time when the species and habitat in an area change.
- a relationship in which one species benefits and other species is neither helped nor harmed
- a factor that is the non-living part of the environment
- the place where an organism lives
- an organism that breaks down the remains of other organisms to gain energy and nutrient
- an organism that consumes plants for nutrients and energy
- an organism that consumes animals
- an organism that consumes both plants for nutrients and energy
- succession when the environment is starting from scratch.
- an organism that gains energy and nutrients by consuming other organism
- a region that includes many different ecosystems
- energy and matter move through this cycle
- a group of individuals that live in the same place and are the same species
- an interaction where predator kills prey for food or nutrients
- a community of organisms and the non-living factors within it
- chain the path of energy transfer from producers to consumers
32 Clues: consumes producers for energy • the place where an organism lives • an organism that consumes animals • uses energy to make their own food • consumes primary consumers for energy • closely related organisms that can mate • used to trace energy flow in an ecosystem • energy and matter move through this cycle • a relationship where both species beenfit • ...
Unit 9-10 vocabulary 2024-04-26
Across
- – cell that contains an organized nucleus
- a relationship between two species, or individuals of the same species, that strive for the same resources in the same place.
- – cell that does not contain a nucleus
- the effect that a pair of organisms living together in a community have on each other.
- – the living and nonliving components of an environment
- – all of the members of a species living in a particular area at a particular time
- – a basic unit of structure and function in living organisms
- reproduction – mode of reproduction with two parents
- the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism.
- – organism made up of more than one cell
- - organisms that share common characteristics and are capable of interbreeding.
- – organisms, known as producers in a food chain, capable of synthesizing their own food by a process known as photosynthesis; all plants and some forms of bacteria and other organisms
- – second broadest taxonomic classification of organisms
- – the process or system of describing the ways in which organisms are grouped or classified according to similarities and differences
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- an organism that eats other plants or animals for energy and nutrients.
- web-a detailed interconnecting diagram that shows the overall food relationships between organisms in a particular environment.
- chain-When animals eat, the energy in the food passes along a food chain.
- – organism made up of only one cell
- reproduction – mode of reproduction with only one parent
- factor-anything that constrains a population's size and slows or stops it from growing
- a living thing that can function on its own
- nonliving factors in the environment; physical rather than biological; do not come from living organisms
- theory – states that the cell is the basic unit of life, all living organisms are composed of cells, and all cells come from pre-existing cells
- – a structure within a cell that contains the cell’s DNA and is responsible for providing instructions to the cell, regarding growth and reproduction
- – all of the populations sharing a specific area or region
- living factors in the environment; relating to, produced by, or caused by living organisms
- – broadest taxonomic classification of organisms
27 Clues: – organism made up of only one cell • – cell that does not contain a nucleus • – organism made up of more than one cell • – cell that contains an organized nucleus • a living thing that can function on its own • – broadest taxonomic classification of organisms • reproduction – mode of reproduction with two parents • ...
Ecology crossword 2025-04-02
Across
- organism living in a specific area
- all the living things within an ecosystem, including plants, animals, and microorganisms, that interact and influence each other and their environment
- study of how living things interact with each other
- a position an organism occupies in a food chain or food web, indicating how it obtains its energy
- A group of people sharing the same characteristics
- an animal that is hunted, killed, and eaten by another animal for food
- an animal that hunts, kills, and eats other animals for food, which are called prey.
- the non-living components of an ecosystem, like sunlight, water, temperature, and soil, that influence the living organisms and their environment
- an animal that eats both plants and other animals
- chain a linear sequence showing how energy and nutrients flow from one organism to another as one organism eats another
- A community of living organisms interacting with each other and their physical environment in a specific area
- an organism that harbors another organism (a parasite) within or on its body, providing it with resources like shelter and nutrients.
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- having to do with or being a parasite
- an organism that can produce its own food
- A zone on earth where life exist
- a visual representation of the interconnected feeding relationships (who eats whom) within a specific ecosystem, showing how energy and nutrients flow through different organisms.
- any living thing
- an organism that cannot produce its own food and instead obtains nutrients by consuming other organisms or organic matter
- an organism, like bacteria or fungi, that breaks down dead plants and animals, recycling their nutrients back into the environment
- an animal that primarily eats other animals
- Someone who creates or make something
- The natural environment or place where plant or animals lives
- an organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms, meaning they cannot produce their own food
- an organism that feeds on dead or decaying plant and animal matter
24 Clues: any living thing • A zone on earth where life exist • organism living in a specific area • having to do with or being a parasite • Someone who creates or make something • an organism that can produce its own food • an animal that primarily eats other animals • an animal that eats both plants and other animals • A group of people sharing the same characteristics • ...
30 words 2025-05-06
Across
- the ability of an organism to continue living and existing
- the large scale clearing or destruction of forests
- where the number of individuals in a species in a particular environment exceeds the capacity of that environment
- have different evolutinary backgrounds
- specific sequences of DNA that code for proteins
- the molecule that carries the genetic blueprint of living organisms
- the complete disappearance of a species from Earth
- mimic
- depend on each other for survival
- a group of organisms that can naturally interbreed
- human changes
- the lack of water
- this is where new plants and animals gradually take over an area
- molecules similair to DNA but usually single stranded
- the average number of offspring a female produces
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- the change of temperature all around
- the max number of living things it can support
- overly taking fish out of their environment
- Occurs naturally
- where the number if living things stays about the same
- a relatively discrete event that disrupts and ecosystem, community or population structure, changing resource availability or the physical environment often leading to shirts in species composition and abundance
- too much water sitting above ground due to rainfall and no drainage space
- where the number of organism keeps getting bigger and bigger
- some structures that have not changed, different
- how fast or slow and environement changes due to various factors
- something that can prevent a population from growing to big
- the proportion or rate at which a specific allele, genotype or trait appears within a population
- blending into environment so they dont die
- structures withing the cell nucleus that contain DNA
- the phenomenon where complex and novel properties arise from the interactions of simpler parts, meaning the whole system exhibits characteristics that are not present in the individual components
- a relationship where organisms, either of the same or different species, strive for the same limited resources
31 Clues: mimic • human changes • Occurs naturally • the lack of water • depend on each other for survival • the change of temperature all around • have different evolutinary backgrounds • blending into environment so they dont die • overly taking fish out of their environment • the max number of living things it can support • some structures that have not changed, different • ...
