APES Review

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Across
  1. 2. Process caused by excess nutrients leading to algal blooms
  2. 3. Organism’s functional role in an ecosystem
  3. 8. Soil degradation due to salt buildup
  4. 10. Removal of large areas of forest
  5. 12. Type of species with a disproportionately large effect on its ecosystem
  6. 14. Increase in toxin concentration up a food chain
  7. 15. Relating to feeding levels in a food web
  8. 16. Species that spreads rapidly and disrupts ecosystems
  9. 17. Downward movement of water through soil
  10. 18. Type of pollution with a single, identifiable origin
Down
  1. 1. Orderly process of ecosystem development after disturbance
  2. 4. Type of cell that converts sunlight into electricity
  3. 5. Area of land where all water drains to a common point
  4. 6. Underground layer that stores groundwater
  5. 7. Molecule protecting Earth from UV radiation
  6. 9. Process or organism that does not require oxygen
  7. 11. Radioactive gas found in soil and rocks
  8. 13. Actions taken to reduce the severity of environmental problems
  9. 14. Large geographic area with similar climate and ecosystems