Ecology part 2

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Across
  1. 3. a representation of energy, numbers, Or biomass relationships in ecosystems
  2. 4. any factor that restricts the size of a population
  3. 6. the land area drained by a particular river; also called a drainage basin
  4. 7. large geographical region defined by climate (precipitation and temperature) with a specific set of biotic and abiotic features
  5. 9. a body of water that is low in nutrients
  6. 12. the movement of matter through the biotic and abiotic environment
  7. 14. level of an organism in an ecosystem depending on its feeding position along a food chain
  8. 16. the maximum population size of a particular species that a given ecosystem can sustain
Down
  1. 1. a sequence of organisms, each feeding on the next, showing how energy is transferred from one organism to another
  2. 2. the series of processes that cycle water through the environment
  3. 3. the function a species serves in its ecosystem, including what it eats, what eats it, and how it behaves
  4. 5. the series of processes in which nitrogen compounds are moved through the biotic and abiotic environment
  5. 8. the abiotic conditions within which a species can Survive
  6. 10. representation of the feeding relationships within a community
  7. 11. the mass of living organisms in a given area
  8. 13. a body of water that is rich in nutrients
  9. 15. the biogeochemical cycle in which carbon is cycled through the lithosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere