Class Exercise 5
Across
- 3. species that has an effect on the community disproportionate to its abundance
- 5. a group of species that fulfils a particular role in an ecosystem
- 8. represents the linear flow of nutrients and energy from prey to predator
- 9. the percentage each species contributes to the total
- 11. a group of species that exploits a common resource in a similar fashion
- 12. a species introduced to a nonnative environment that then causes harm is termed _________
- 13. a species introduced to a nonnative environment which causes no harm but integrates into the system is called _________
Down
- 1. the set of all species that occupy a given area
- 2. symbolized S, the count of the number of species in an area
- 4. represents the multiple, nonlinear, interconnected links of nutrient and energy movement among community members
- 6. when a species is most numerous, largest, or most prevalent, it is called _____________
- 7. the changes that occur as one moves through the landscape of an ecosystem
- 10. consumers, must get their energy through consumption of other organisms
- 14. producers, gain energy from the sun or occasional from chemicals in the environment