Biology - Unit 9: Biomes, Human Impact, and Succession

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Across
  1. 2. Clearing forested land and repurposing it for non-forest use such as agriculture and urban development
  2. 4. When populations are higher than the carrying capacity
  3. 10. Predictable changes in an ecosystem as it progresses from pioneer species on bare rock to a mature climax community
  4. 11. Aquatic regions where sunlight penetrates
  5. 12. Created from a mutualistic symbiotic relationship between a plant and a fungus
  6. 16. Land ecosystems categorized by average temperature and precipitation
  7. 17. Water ecosystems categorized by light availability, water depth, and salinity
  8. 18. Predictable changes in an ecosystem after a disturbance as it progresses toward reestablishing a mature climax community
  9. 19. Long term changes in average global temperatures
  10. 20. Visual representation of the feeding interactions in ecosystems
  11. 21. Non-native species in a community
  12. 22. Biomes where fresh and saltwater meet
Down
  1. 1. The introduction of harmful materials into the environment
  2. 3. No two species can occupy the same niche in an ecosystem
  3. 5. Mature form of an ecosystem
  4. 6. First species to invade or populate an area
  5. 7. Measurement of the variety and richness of an ecosystem
  6. 8. Aquatic regions that do not have sunlight
  7. 9. Key organisms in an ecosystem that help stabilize or maintain that ecosystem
  8. 13. Pocket ecosystems at the bottom of the ocean near divergent plate boundaries
  9. 14. Species that evolve and are only found in one isolated geographic location
  10. 15. Collection of ecosystems characterized with similar temperatures, rainfall totals, and climax communities