Intro and Ecology Units Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. The state of balance and stability within a biological system
  2. 4. The position an organism occupies in a pyramid(2 words, no space)
  3. 5. The nonliving physical components of an environment
  4. 8. Consists of changes in traits of an organism as successive generations replace one another
  5. 10. What causes phase change in water
  6. 15. How life forms from rock, taking millions of years(2 words, no space)
  7. 17. A large area of ecosystems that all have the same soil and climate conditions
  8. 19. One of the characteristics of life, meaning organisms take in inputs and turn them into energy
  9. 20. The physical environment where a species lives
  10. 21. The ability to maintain a steady internal temperature
Down
  1. 1. An organism that does not need to eat other organisms to obtain energy
  2. 2. An inherited characteristic that makes an organism better suited to survive in a certain environment
  3. 6. The scientific study of life
  4. 7. Permanently frozen layer of soil in the tundra
  5. 9. The role of a species in its ecosystem
  6. 11. An animal that hunts other animals
  7. 12. Maintaining a constant inner state(body temp)
  8. 13. Organism that only eats plants
  9. 14. The living components that affect an ecosystem
  10. 16. Meaning water sticks to itself
  11. 18. This biome is found south of the tundra
  12. 22. When a strip of bark is removed from the trunk of a tree to kill it