Biosphere Crossword

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Across
  1. 5. non-living chemical and physical parts of the environment that affect living organisms and the functioning of ecosystems
  2. 11. species which are the first to colonize barren environments or previously biodiverse steady-state ecosystems that have been disrupted
  3. 13. animals that only eat plants
  4. 14. a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment
  5. 18. something that prevents a population from growing
  6. 20. an organism that produces its own food/energy through simple substances and processes
  7. 22. all the organisms of the same group or species, which live in a particular geographical area
  8. 23. a group or association of populations of two or more different species occupying the same geographical area and time
  9. 25. a process used by plants and other organisms to convert light energy into chemical energy
  10. 27. a relationship between species where one organism benefits and the other organism is harmed
  11. 28. an association between two organisms in which one benefits and the other derives neither benefit nor harm.
  12. 30. an animal that eats food of both plant and animal origin
Down
  1. 1. the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism
  2. 2. any living component that affects another organism or shapes the ecosystem
  3. 3. a change or the process of change by which an organism or species becomes better suited to its environment.
  4. 4. the regions of the surface, atmosphere, and hydrosphere of the earth
  5. 6. the process by which the structure of a biological community evolves over time
  6. 7. a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding
  7. 8. organism's role in an ecosystem
  8. 9. the preying of one animal on others.
  9. 10. an organism that cannot produce its own food, instead taking nutrition from other sources of organic carbon such as plant or animal matter
  10. 12. a community of plants and animals that have common characteristics for the environment they exist in
  11. 15. the maximum population size of the species that the environment can sustain indefinitely
  12. 16. an animal that feeds on flesh.
  13. 17. when a body of water becomes overly enriched with minerals and nutrients
  14. 19. the action of breathing
  15. 21. the ecological interaction between two or more species where each species has a net benefit
  16. 24. a substance that takes part in and undergoes change during a reaction
  17. 26. animal that feeds on dead plant or animal material
  18. 27. the species formed from chemical reactions
  19. 29. interaction between two different organisms