Intro to Ecology

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Across
  1. 1. biome that we live in (in PA - see page 11)
  2. 4. the study of how organisms interact with one another and the environment
  3. 6. a community of organisms and their nonliving environment
  4. 8. type of biome found mostly in Canada and northern Eurasia (dark purple in diagram on page 11)
  5. 10. an interaction between organisms (living things) in an area
  6. 12. a nonliving part of an environment (like water, nutrients, soil, sunlight, etc)
  7. 13. the place where an organism usually lives and is part of an organism's niche
Down
  1. 2. a group of individuals of the same species that live in the same place at the same time
  2. 3. type of lizards found in South Florida ecosystems (page 13)
  3. 5. all the populations of different species that live and interact in an area
  4. 7. organisms that are closely related and can mate to produce fertile offspring
  5. 9. the abiotic conditions under which individuals can survive AND the role they play int he ecosystem
  6. 10. large regions characterized by climate and communities of species
  7. 11. one member of a population