Ecosystems Academic Vocabulary Words Unit

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Across
  1. 6. nonliving factors in the environment
  2. 8. present in great quantity; more than adequate; over sufficient
  3. 9. Occurs between species trying to make use of or gain access to the same resource.
  4. 11. not very great in amount, range, or degree
  5. 12. refers to harvesting a renewable resource to the point of diminishing returns
  6. 15. water, from rain, snowmelt, or other sources, that flows over the land surface
  7. 16. living factors in the environment
Down
  1. 1. is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and recover may have been lost before this point
  2. 2. the weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period
  3. 3. become better fitted to survive/reproduce
  4. 4. all of the members of a species living in a particular area at a particular time
  5. 5. living and non-living resources which can limit the number of organisms that can be supported by that ecosystem
  6. 7. a man-made underwater structure
  7. 10. introduction of contaminants into the natural environment that cause adverse change
  8. 13. place where an organism or a community of organisms lives, including all living and nonliving factors or conditions of the surrounding environment
  9. 14. – the living and nonliving components of an environment