Ecosystem and Environment Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. something that directly influences the activity of a living organism
  2. 4. a rounded underground storage organ present in some plants consisting of a short stem surrounded by fleshy scale leaves or leaf bases
  3. 5. - a specific environment that is home to living things suited for that place and climate
  4. 6. key a tool that allows us to determine the identity of an organism found in the natural world
  5. 10. - a group of organisms that share similar characteristics, traits, qualities, etc.
  6. 11. Webs a system of interlocking and interdependent food chains.
  7. 12. - all of the organisms that were born and living around the same time period
  8. 13. a change an organism or species does to become better suited to its environment.
  9. 14. - processing in slow or regular steps
  10. 16. one of two types of biological and ecological succession of plant life, occurring in an environment usually lacking soil
  11. 17. - to continue to live or exist after an ordeal, accident or difficult circumstance
  12. 21. a period of time when an animal is in a dormant state, like a deep sleep
  13. 24. - the way an organism acts
  14. 28. the observed process of change of a biological community over time
  15. 32. - the ability to do work
  16. 33. - to cause or to start to decompose
  17. 35. the part of the respiratory system of fish and a few amphibians where oxygen is extracted from the water flowing over the walls attached to the pharynx
  18. 36. the surroundings and/or the conditions an organism lives
  19. 37. a bone that is hollow or contains many air cells
  20. 38. - The effect of one organism on another
  21. 40. - the number of a certain species living in a certain area
  22. 42. the vascular tissue in plants that conducts water and nutrients up from the roots
  23. 43. - outside
  24. 44. seasonal movement of animals from one region to another 2. movement from one part of something to another
  25. 45. - to intensify, increase or improve the quality of something
Down
  1. 1. - the arrangement and relationship of the parts as a whole
  2. 2. Chain a hierarchical series of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food.
  3. 3. the action or fact of moving along in a steady, continuous stream
  4. 5. - diversity among and within the species of an organism in an environment
  5. 7. - inside
  6. 8. - what objects and organisms are made of
  7. 9. the second type of biological and ecological succession, starting on an area where there was living organism previously, but has died and disappeared
  8. 15. a very small or limited specialized habitat Ex: clump of grass or dead animal
  9. 18. a place where unused plant parts are placed to decompose back into soil
  10. 19. Variety - how things are different
  11. 20. - the use or purpose of something
  12. 22. the amount of living matter in a given area or habitat (?)
  13. 23. an answer or reaction to something
  14. 25. the structure or arrangement of related or connected items.
  15. 26. - to pass periodically from one region or climate to another for feeding or breeding
  16. 27. - the connection between organisms
  17. 28. a graphical model of energy flow in a community
  18. 29. an individual animal, plant, or life form
  19. 30. - combining things that enhance, emphasize or complete each other
  20. 31. - what the environment provides for the well-being of the organisms living there
  21. 34. - a community of organisms interacting with each other and their environment
  22. 39. - a distinguishing quality or characteristic
  23. 41. trait - a trait that has been passed down genetically