Biology Population Dynamics Review

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Across
  1. 4. Nonliving components of a system
  2. 7. The term ecologists use to describe the number of individuals moving into a population
  3. 8. Population _____ ____ is how fast a specific population grows.
  4. 9. A linear representation of the feeding relationships between different organisms in an ecosystem, starting with producers and ending with top predators.
  5. 11. Density-_____-Factors are environmental factor that does not depend on population size, such as storms, flood, fires, or pollution.
  6. 13. arrangement of a population in its environment.
  7. 15. All the populations of different species that live and interact in an area.
  8. 18. Living components of a system
  9. 19. the inevitable elimination from a habitat of one of two different species with identical needs for resources.
  10. 20. movement of individuals away from a population.
Down
  1. 1. number of organisms that a specific environment can support.
  2. 2. Density-_____-Factors are environmental factor, such as disease, predators, or lack of food, that increasingly affects a population as the population’s size increases.
  3. 3. number of organisms per unit of living area.
  4. 5. Factor Any biotic or abiotic factor that restricts the number, distribution, or reproduction of organisms within an ecosystem.
  5. 6. A complex network of interconnected food chains that illustrates the feeding relationships among various organisms in an ecosystem.
  6. 10. Mr. Pillath has two cats; Miss Chonk and...
  7. 12. A community of organisms interacting with their physical environment.
  8. 14. The struggle between individuals or species for limited resources, such as food, water, and shelter.
  9. 16. The act of one organism (predator) consuming another organism (prey) for food.
  10. 17. A group of organisms of the same species that live in a particular area and interbreed.