Benchmark 2 Vocab Review - Biology

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Across
  1. 4. the act of one organism consuming another for food
  2. 5. ______ factors, nonliving part of an organism's environment
  3. 9. organisms that gets its nutrients and energy by feeding on other organisms
  4. 11. ________ capacity, the maximum number of individuals that an environment can support long term
  5. 12. ______ community, a stable, mature ecological community
  6. 13. _______ species, the first organisms to appear during ecological succession
  7. 15. the number of individuals moving away from a population
  8. 16. reproductive strategy to produce few offspring with a heavy investment in each
Down
  1. 1. an animal which feeds on dead material, returns nutrients to the environment
  2. 2. average weather conditions in an area
  3. 3. condition of the atmosphere at a specific place and time
  4. 4. _______ succession, establishment of a community where no topsoil is present
  5. 6. the number of individuals moving into a population
  6. 7. ________ succession, orderly change in a place where soil remains but organisms have been removed (fire is a common example)
  7. 8. reproductive strategy to produce as many offspring as possible in a short time
  8. 10. organisms that capture energy from sunlight
  9. 14. ______ factors, living organisms that inhabit an environment