B4
Across
- 5. the largest population an environment can support
- 7. the growth of cities that changes natural habitats and ecosystems
- 10. the process where organisms with helpful traits survive and reproduce more
- 12. the process of species changing over time
- 13. organisms that eat other organisms
- 14. a random change in DNA that can create new traits
- 15. nonliving parts of an environment like water or temperature
- 17. organisms that break down dead matter and recycle nutrients
- 18. an organism’s ability to survive and reproduce
- 20. a network of interconnected food chains
Down
- 1. organisms that make their own food (like plants)
- 2. a group of the same species living in one area
- 3. a sequence showing how energy moves through organisms
- 4. the breaking of habitats into smaller isolated pieces
- 6. the variety of life in an ecosystem
- 8. reproduction between closely related individuals
- 9. living parts of an ecosystem
- 11. traits that help organisms survive in their environment
- 16. the movement of genes between populations
- 19. different forms of the same gene