Crossword labs nature resource

4. given species that live in a particular area
6. succession- when a climax community or intermediate community is impacted by a disturbance
9. the region on, above, and below the Earth's surface where life exists
10. a non-living part of an ecosystem that shapes its environment.
12. is a community of living organisms
13. selection- a mechanism of evolution
15. succession-when a new patch of land is created or exposed for the first time
16. key- an important scientific tool, used to identify different organisms, based the organism's observable traits.
17. species involved benefit from their interactions.

1. constitute the upper trophic levels.
2. all the different kinds of life you'll find in one area
3. an interacting group of various species in a common location.
5. resources that are non living.
7. organisms that make their own food
8. a relationship between two species in which one obtains benefits from the other
11. web- All of the interconnected and overlapping food chains in an ecosystem
14. different species in which one organism lives on or in the other organism