4.7 Ecology

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Across
  1. 2. Special features that make an organism particularly well suited to the environment where it lives
  2. 3. The amount of biological material in an organism
  3. 6. A measure of how common or rare a particular organism is in a given environment
  4. 7. Animals that eat producers
  5. 10. Where particular types of organisms are found within an environment
  6. 12. An animal that hunts and kills other animals
  7. 13. The interaction of a community of living organisms with the abiotic parts of their environment
  8. 16. having enough food to feed the population
  9. 22. A non-living factor of the environment
  10. 23. The process by which living organisms compete with each other for limited resources such as food, light or reproductive partners
  11. 24. Model of feeding relationships based on the number of organisms at each level of a food chain
  12. 25. A limit on the number and size of fish that can be caught in a certain area
  13. 26. records the numbers of organisms rather than just the type
  14. 27. Group of interdependent living organisms in an ecosystem
  15. 28. Model of feeding relationships based on the biomass of organisms at each level of a food chain
  16. 31. When gases in the atmosphere absorb energy radiated by the Earth and re-radiate it back towards the Earth, helping to keep it warm
  17. 32. A measured line or area along which ecological measurements are made
  18. 34. The cycling of carbon through the living and non-living world
  19. 36. A group of organisms that can breed together and produce fertile offspring
Down
  1. 1. A measure of the variety of all the different species of organisms on Earth
  2. 4. Microorganisms that break down waste products and dead bodies
  3. 5. Feeding levels in an ecosystem
  4. 8. The network of relationships between different organisms within a community, e.g. each species depends on other species for food, shelter, pollination, seed dispersal etc.
  5. 9. An organism that can survive and reproduce in extreme conditions
  6. 11. A sample area used for measuring the abundance and distribution of organisms in the field
  7. 14. The permanent loss of all members of a species from an area or the world
  8. 15. The organization of living organisms into groups according to their similarities
  9. 17. The type of farming where animals are grown in a temperature-controlled environment where their movement is limited, so they waste little energy keeping warm or moving
  10. 18. The rise in the average global temperature
  11. 19. Animals that eat primary consumers
  12. 20. The place where organisms live
  13. 21. A change in things like temperature or weather patterns in a part of the world or across the whole world
  14. 29. The cutting down of forests (large areas of trees)
  15. 30. A living factor of the environment
  16. 33. Organisms such as plants and algae that can make food from raw materials such as carbon dioxide and water
  17. 35. An animal that is hunted and killed by another animal