Camp Cuyamaca Crossword #1

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Across
  1. 1. A system of interconnecting food chains
  2. 3. A characteristic (physical or behavioral) that improves an organism's chance for survival in a particular habitat
  3. 4. An organism that feeds on living materials
  4. 5. A group of living things which are generally found together within an ecosystem
  5. 8. An organism that breaks down or decomposes materials into simpler forms (ie: bacteria, some invertebrates, fungi)
  6. 9. Capacity The total number of animals a given area is able to support
  7. 10. Those plants and animals that are in danger of becoming extinct
  8. 11. An arrangement of food, water, shelter, and space suitable to an organisms needs
  9. 12. A break in the Earth's crust where one side moves against the other, resulting in an earthquake
  10. 13. The passage of chemical energy to producers from consumers
  11. 14. The ability to do work
  12. 16. A tribe of Indians who roamed from coast to desert
  13. 17. Most active during the day
  14. 18. Series of continuous changes which return to a starting point
Down
  1. 2. Readily decomposing by natural biological processes
  2. 6. Those animals without a backbone, including annelids, arachnids, crustaceans, insects, and mollusks
  3. 7. The wearing away of earth or rock by various agents or forces, particularly water and air
  4. 10. Everything that surrounds an organism, including living and non-living matter
  5. 15. A personal or social moral code