Environmental Science Vocab Review

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Across
  1. 3. Variety of organisms within an ecosystem
  2. 4. The maximum population number for a specific population in an environment
  3. 6. _______ can spread rapidly within a population and influence carrying capacity in dense populations
  4. 9. Specific role of an organism within an ecosystem
  5. 10. Organisms introduced into a new area that out-compete native organisms for resources
  6. 13. Group of organisms of the same species, influenced by resource availability
  7. 16. Interaction of biotic and abiotic factors within an area
  8. 18. ______ can greatly impact carrying capacity of populations through actions like climate change and deforestation
  9. 19. The inter-dependent relationships between organisms in an environment
  10. 20. one organism hunts and kills another organism for food
Down
  1. 1. Abiotic factor in an environment including temperature, humidity, precipitation & sunlight
  2. 2. Difference in success with obtaining resources for organisms in an environment
  3. 5. Non-living factors used within an ecosystem
  4. 7. The type of growth demonstrated by invasive species
  5. 8. Things that are competed upon within an ecosystem
  6. 11. ______ is cycled throughout ecosystems through producers, consumers and decomposers
  7. 12. Populations at their carrying capacity will have equal _____ and death rates
  8. 14. A population will reach its carrying capacity if resources are _______
  9. 15. Invasive species often have a low _____ rate because of their ability to out-compete native organisms
  10. 17. Living factors which interact within an ecosystem