AP Biology Chapter 37 Vocabulary Crossword

2. area of Earth where water movement and storage occurs (1 word)
10. corrosive rain caused by rainwater falling to the ground through sulfur dioxide gas (2 words)
13. graphic representation of different trophic levels in an ecosystem (2 words)
14. trophic level that gets its energy from primary consumers (2 words)
16. study that attempts to quantify everything of entire ecosystems (3 words)
18. process where excess nutrients cause excess growth of microorganisms (1 word)
22. ecosystem model that is created with math to predict effects of the environment disturbances on an ecosystem (2 words)
23. ecosystem model that is created with computer programs to try and predict the effects of environmental disturbances and create a holistic model (2 words)
24. organism that is able to create its own food using inorganic compounds (1 word)
25. community of living organisms and their interactions (1 word)

1. linear representation of a the flow of energy (2 words)
3. steady state of an ecosystem (1 word)
4. trophic level that gets its energy from secondary consumers (2 words)
5. increasing concentrations of toxic substances going through each trophic level (1 word)
6. organism at the top of the food chain (2 words)
7. cycling of mineral nutrients through ecosystems (2 words)
8. trophic level that gets its energy from primary producers (2 words)
9. trophic level that gets its energy from sunlight or inorganic compounds (2 words)
11. biomass consumed from a lower trophic level (1 word)
12. position of an organism/species in a food web or food chain (2 words)
15. a resource that is either regenerated very slowly or not at all (3 words)
17. graphic representation of an entire ecosystems flow of energy (2 words)
19. total weight of living organism (1 word)
20. ecosystem model that has flow charts that show the interactions of different organisms (2 words)
21. study of changes in ecosystem structure (2 words)