Environmental Science Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 4. a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding
  2. 7. the preying of one animal on others.
  3. 9. the degree or intensity of heat present in a substance or object, especially as expressed according to a comparative scale and shown by a thermometer or perceived by touch.
  4. 10. symbiosis that is beneficial to both organisms involved.
  5. 11. Non-living organism
  6. 13. Cascade an ecological phenomenon triggered by the addition or removal of top predators and involving reciprocal changes in the relative populations
  7. 15. the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.
  8. 16. a change or the process of change by which an organism or species becomes better suited to its environment
  9. 17. a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common.
Down
  1. 1. weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period.
  2. 2. Living organism
  3. 3. A biome is a large community of vegetation and wildlife adapted to a specific climate
  4. 5. a group of individuals of the same species living and interbreeding within a given area.
  5. 6. a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.
  6. 7. water is released from clouds in the form of rain, freezing rain, sleet, snow, or hail.
  7. 8. a species on which other species in an ecosystem largely depend, such that if it were removed the ecosystem would change drastically.
  8. 12. an association between two organisms in which one benefits and the other derives neither benefit nor harm.
  9. 14. the practice of living as a parasite in or on another organism.