Environmental Science Words :)

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Across
  1. 4. an organism that can produce it's own energy (NOT like plants, they get it from sunlight)
  2. 6. the change in the number of individuals in a population over time
  3. 9. an organism that cannot produce it's own food
  4. 10. a group of similar organisms that are able to reproduce with each other
  5. 12. a complex web of biotic and abiotic factors that make up an ecological community
  6. 14. when one organism benefits from another by causing damage
  7. 16. a vast treeless plain where subsoil is permanently frozen
  8. 18. a biome where tall grass is the predominant form of life
  9. 19. a major ecological community with distinct climate and flora
  10. 20. a group of interdependent organisms living in the same area
  11. 21. materials that are found in the environment
  12. 22. pollution of the atmosphere
  13. 24. the process of converting nitrogen in the air to a nitrogenous substance in the soil, to help plants grow
  14. 27. a community of organisms with several interconnected foodchains
  15. 31. an organism feeding primarily or exclusively on other animals
  16. 34. the basic (smallest) structural and functional unit of all organisms
  17. 37. the adjustment of organisms to their environment in order to improve their chances at survival in that environment (OVER SEVERAL GENERATIONS)
  18. 38. the rise in average temperature of the world's climate
  19. 42. the movement of individuals of a species into a new, existing population or habitat from an external source
  20. 43. a periodically repeating series of events
  21. 46. an organism that does not feed on meat
  22. 47. the process of a liquid or substance becoming a gas
  23. 48. a forest biome with humidity and heavy annual rainfall
  24. 49. an animal that hunts or catches other animals for food
  25. 51. the state of no longer being in exsistence
  26. 52. an animal that feeds on both animal and vegetable substances
  27. 53. of or relating-to life, or living things
  28. 54. any sort of usable power
  29. 55. the global ecosystem (the Earth)
  30. 56. the internal organic processes needed for life
  31. 59. any form of water falling from the sky to the earth
  32. 60. to do something together or with others
  33. 64. metabolic equilibrium, regulating internal conditions despite outside situations
  34. 67. the process by which plants get their energy from the sun
  35. 68. an individual plant, animal, or single-cellular organism
  36. 69. an animal or plant that lives on or in a 'host' organism
  37. 70. moving from one habitat to settle in another
Down
  1. 1. a relationship between two organisms that benefit off of each other
  2. 2. an organism that nourishes and supports a parasite
  3. 3. careful management and saving of the environment and environmental materials
  4. 5. an interaction of organisms struggling over limited or shared resources
  5. 7. a relation where one organism benefits from the other without causing damage
  6. 8. the pollution of water in rivers, lakes, oceans, etc.
  7. 11. the relation between two interdependent (dependent on each other) species
  8. 13. any animal that feeds on decaying matter
  9. 15. the gradual and orderly process of change in an ecosystem (I.e., lava cools to create rock formations over centuries)
  10. 17. a grassy plain in tropical or subtropical regions with little trees and unique wild life
  11. 19. capable of being decomposed
  12. 23. a group of organisms of the same species that are inhabiting the same area
  13. 25. a community of organisms where each one is eaten by another (I.e, fish eats plankton, dinosuar eats fish, bigger dinosaur eats dinosaur)
  14. 26. any resource that can be replenished naturally, with the passage of time
  15. 28. a process living organisms need to perform, usually by inhaling oxygen
  16. 29. a species at risk of extinction because of their low numbers
  17. 30. an animal hunted or caught for food
  18. 32. primitive chlorophyll-containing aquatic organisms
  19. 33. a bunch of small, sometimes microscopic organisms that float or drift in water
  20. 35. the variety of plant and animal life in an ecosystem
  21. 36. the process by which the body breaks down food into usable nutrients
  22. 39. occurrings happening withing a specific species
  23. 40. the process of taking in foods, liquids, and substances into the body
  24. 41. the specific role, function, and set of environmental conditions belonging to a certain thing (biotic or abiotic)
  25. 44. the academic branch of biology specifically dealing with relationships between organisms and their surroundings
  26. 45. a humid, warm, tropical biome
  27. 50. the state of being used up
  28. 57. the process of removing substances from the body
  29. 58. tiny, living organisms that are microscopic
  30. 61. the long-term, predictable pattern of atmospheric conditions (weather)
  31. 62. the circulation of carbon from the atmosphere through organisms
  32. 63. a part of the water cycle where plants give off water vapor from their leaves
  33. 64. the type of environment in which an individual normally lives
  34. 65. a symbiotic relationship, usually between a fungus and algae (found on rocks near water)
  35. 66. an arid dry biome with little-to-no vegetation