Ecosystems and Global Biodiversity

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Across
  1. 4. how susceptible a system is to damage or disruption
  2. 6. a linear sequence showing how energy is transferred between organisms
  3. 7. the ability of a system to recover after disturbance
  4. 9. the health and functioning of an ecosystem
  5. 10. amplifies change and pushes a system further from equilibrium
  6. 13. the position an organism occupies in a food chain
  7. 14. Flow the movement of energy through an ecosystem from producers to consumers
Down
  1. 1. ability of ecosystems to produce resources and absorb waste
  2. 2. stabilises a system by counteracting change
  3. 3. the variety of life in an ecosystem including species, genes, and ecosystems
  4. 5. the usefulness of nature to humans (e.g. resources, services)
  5. 8. systems that occur in nature with interacting living and non-living components
  6. 10. an organism (like plants) that makes its own food using sunlight
  7. 11. an organism that obtains energy by eating other organisms
  8. 12. the inherent worth of nature regardless of human use