Ecology & Climate
Across
- 4. of individuals of the same species that live in the same area
- 6. year-to-year conditions of temperature and precipitation in an area over a long period of time
- 8. densest parts of Earth, which includes the crust, mantle, and core
- 9. groundwater, and water vapor
- 12. study of interactions among organisms and between organisms and their environment
- 13. the organisms that live in a place, together with their nonliving environment
- 14. factor
- 15. living part of the environment with which an organism might interact
Down
- 1. conditions of the atmosphere, including temperature, precipitation, and other factors
- 2. of Earth that consists of water in any of its forms, including oceans, glaciers, rivers,
- 3. of different populations that live together in a defined area
- 5. of Earth in which life exists including land, water, and air or atmosphere
- 7. or nonliving, factor that shapes an ecosystem
- 10. factor
- 11. thin layer of gases that form Earth’s outermost layer