Ecology Review (no space in between two word answers)
Across
- 2. A group of living things that are so closely related that they can breed with one another and produce offspring that can breed as well
- 7. These affect the number of organisms an environment can support
- 9. A single individual animal, plant, fungus, or other living thing
- 11. The place where an organism lives in order to obtain its food, water, shelter and other things needed for survival
- 15. The first species to move into a lifeless environment
- 17. Takes place after a major disturbance to the biological community in a stable ecosystem
- 18. All the different populations in a specific area or region at a certain time
- 19. The study of how organisms interact with their environment and all the organisms that live in that environment
- 20. Non-living factor in an ecosystem
Down
- 1. Factor that is a living thing in an ecosystem
- 3. When organisms move out of an environment
- 4. Migration and ________ are two ways that a population can decrease
- 5. The maximum number of organisms that can survive in a particular ecosystem
- 6. When organisms move into an environment
- 8. The particular role of an organism in its environment
- 10. Individual ecosystems grouped together according to the climate and the predominant vegetation and characterized by adaptations of organisms to that particular environment
- 12. Migration and ________ are two ways that a popuation can grow
- 13. A natural process that involves a gradual change in the plant and animal communities that live in that area
- 14. One or more communities in an area and the abiotic factors, including water, sunlight, oxygen, temperature, and soil
- 16. All of the individuals of a given species in a specific area or region at a certain time