Biology
Across
- 3. capacity number of people, other living organisms, or crops that a region can support without environmental degradation
- 6. the preying of one animal on others.
- 7. a trendline that shows an initial loss immediately followed by a dramatic gain
- 9. consists of all the food chains in a single ecosystem.
- 10. an event or contest in which people compete.
- 13. an organism that can produce its own food using light, water , carbon dioxide, or other chemicals
- 15. the position of an organism in the food chain
- 16. organism that breaks down dead organic material
- 22. a type of probability distribution in which all outcomes are equally likely
- 23. describes how energy and nutrients move through an ecosystem.
- 24. not influenced by population density change.
- 25. all the inhabitants of a particular town, area, or country.
Down
- 1. when a new area of land is populated by a group of species for the first time
- 2. a close, prolonged association between two or more different biological species.
- 4. an organism that eats other plants or animals for energy and nutrients
- 5. an animal that feeds on plants.
- 6. the relationship between different species in which one organism lives on or in the other organism and benefits from it by causing some harm
- 8. happens when a climax community or intermediate community is impacted by a disturbance.
- 11. association between organisms of two different species in which each benefits
- 12. a maker or manufacturer of something
- 14. a person or thing that eats or uses something.
- 17. the capacity of an ecosystem to absorb shocks and disturbances while retaining its structure, function, and adaptability
- 18. growth. the unrestricted growth of a population of organisms, occurring when resources in its habitat are unlimited.
- 19. a graphical representation commonly used in project management to track cumulative costs or progress over time
- 20. the study of organisms and how they interact with the environment around them
- 21. an association between two organisms in which one benefits and the other derives neither benefit nor harm.