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Across
  1. 1. A curve showing the percentage of individuals living at various ages in a population.
  2. 7. A type of spatial distribution where individuals in a population are spread unpredictably, without a clear pattern or spacing.
  3. 8. Organisms that obtain energy by oxidizing inorganic substances such as hydrogen sulfide or ammonia, and use this energy to fix carbon dioxide into organic compounds
  4. 11. Organisms such as fungi and bacteria that feed on the remains of others, facilitating the cycling of nutrients and organic matter.
  5. 13. Species that can thrive in a wide variety of environmental conditions and utilize diverse resources, making them more adaptable and broadly distributed.
  6. 15. Large terrestrial areas characterized by specific vegetation, soil, climate, and wildlife.
  7. 17. An introduced organism that negatively alters its new environment and out-competes native species.
  8. 19. The rate at which death occurs in a population
  9. 20. Organisms with a small range of tolerance that are often less widely distributed.
  10. 21. The environmental span within which the greatest abundance of organisms is found for a particular species.
  11. 22. The specific role a species plays in an ecosystem, including how it obtains food and its relationships with others.Generalists
  12. 24. Organisms that play a critical role affecting many others in an ecosystem; their removal greatly changes the entire system.
  13. 28. A group of interacting organisms of the same species living in a particular space and time.
  14. 29. The highest level of social organization involving strict division of labor and cooperative brood care.
  15. 32. A type of evolution where unrelated organisms evolve to look and act alike.
  16. 33. Species that alert humans to harmful environmental changes, such as lichens indicating air pollution.
  17. 35. Species that are naturally living in a region but can also be found thriving naturally in other regions.
  18. 36. The physical location or set of environmental conditions where an organism lives.
Down
  1. 2. A form of social behaviour where parents or group members provide care to offspring to improve their survival
  2. 3. Temporary physiological changes in an individual organism that are not passed on to offspring.
  3. 4. A worldview where humans are considered the masters of nature and nature is viewed as a tool.
  4. 5. Related groups that are considerably separated from each other geographically.
  5. 6. An environmental worldview that grants equal inherent value to individual animals and their biological processes.
  6. 7. The biological process by which organisms release energy from food molecules, typically glucose, through the use of oxygen, producing carbon dioxide, water, and ATP.
  7. 9. A faunal boundary line modified to account for the unique characteristics of Philippine fauna.
  8. 10. An individual reducing its own fitness or taking risks to increase the survival of its relatives.
  9. 12. The maximum number of individuals of a species that can be indefinitely sustained in a given area.
  10. 14. The process by which individuals best suited for their environment survive and produce more successful offspring.
  11. 16. The division of a population into distinct species due to the development of a geographical barrier.
  12. 18. An evolutionary process occurring after mass extinctions where numerous new species evolve to fill vacated niches.
  13. 23. The transformation of matter and energy from an organized state to a more random, disorganized state.
  14. 25. The maximum reproductive capacity of a population when environmental limiting factors are removed.
  15. 26. The range of environmental conditions an organism can survive and thrive in.
  16. 27. A state of low metabolic activity performed by animals during the summer to survive heat or drought.
  17. 30. The value conferred upon something because it is useful to someone else.
  18. 31. A type of competition where members of the same species strive against each other for limited resources like mates or territory.
  19. 34. The movement of individuals from their birthplace to a new place with favorable conditions.