Biodiversity
Across
- 3. ecosystem’s ability to recover
- 4. excessive use of natural resources
- 5. position in a food chain
- 9. water-saturated ecosystems rich in species
- 10. trait that helps survival
- 11. non-native organism causing harm
- 15. close relationship between species**
- 16. area with high biodiversity and high threat
- 19. natural system that stores carbon
- 20. seasonal movement of species
- 21. variation of genes within a species
- 22. a species’ role in an ecosystem
- 24. permanent loss of a species
- 25. one benefits, other unaffected
- 26. all life on Earth
- 27. at high risk of extinction
- 28. network of feeding relationships
- 29. large ecological zone like desert or tundra
Down
- 1. group of organisms that can interbreed
- 2. species that holds an ecosystem together
- 6. transfer of pollen for plant reproduction
- 7. protection of natural resources
- 8. gradual change in ecosystems over time
- 12. natural home of a species
- 13. species that signals ecosystem health
- 14. breaking habitats into smaller pieces
- 17. both species benefit
- 18. one benefits at the other’s expense
- 23. community of organisms interacting with environment
- 27. found only in one geographic area