Chapter 12 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 8. a non-living (physical or chemical) component of the environment
  2. 9. organisms that live on the bottom
  3. 11. population growth that is constrained by biotic or abiotic factors such as competition or nutrients
  4. 12. organisms that live in the water column, away from the bottom, including the plankton and nekton
  5. 13. the bottom below 6,000 m
  6. 14. the bottom from a depth of approximately 4,000 m to 6,000 m
  7. 16. the sharing of resources by specialization
  8. 17. each of the steps in a food chain
  9. 18. the pelagic environment above the continental shelf
Down
  1. 1. a living component of an environment
  2. 2. the pelagic environment beyond the shelf break
  3. 3. unrestricted population growth where the population grows at a faster rate with each successive generation
  4. 4. an essential factor whose short supply limits the growth of a population
  5. 5. the bottom between the shelf break and a depth of approximately 4,000 m
  6. 6. the maximum population size that can be sustained by the available resources in a given environment
  7. 7. the study of the interactions between organisms and their environment
  8. 10. the elimination of one species by another as a result of competition
  9. 15. the total mass of living organisms