12.01 vocab alyssah

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Across
  1. 1. The maximum population size that can be sustained by the available resources in a given environment
  2. 4. the bottom of the ocean
  3. 6. An essential factor whose short supply limits the growth of a population
  4. 9. Each of the steps in a food chain
  5. 12. The pelagic environment beyond the shelf break
  6. 14. unrestricted population growth where the population grows at a faster rate with each successive generation
  7. 16. A non living physical or chemical component of the environment
  8. 17. The bottom below 6,000 m
  9. 18. Population growth that is constrained by biotic or abiotic factors such as competetion or nutrients
Down
  1. 2. Organisms that live in the water column away from the bottom including the plankton and nekton
  2. 3. The elomination of one species by another as a result of competition
  3. 5. Organisms that live on the bottom
  4. 7. he pelagic environment above the continental shelf
  5. 8. The living component of an environment
  6. 10. The bottom between the shelf break and a depth of approimately 4,000 m
  7. 11. A living component of an environment
  8. 13. The sharing of resources by explanation
  9. 15. The study of the interactions between organisms and their environment