Intro to Ecology Terms

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Across
  1. 3. The study of the interactions between organisms and the environment.
  2. 4. Living parts of the environment like plants and animals.
  3. 6. The layer in the atmosphere that protects all living things from the sun’s dangerous uv rays.
  4. 9. The previous (last) mass extinction led to the end of the ___________________.
  5. 12. Cow farts release this very potent global warming gas.
  6. 14. An individual living thing.
  7. 15. Carbon _______________ is the primary global warming gas released when burning fossil fuels.
  8. 16. Non-living parts of the environment like soil, wind, and sunlight.
Down
  1. 1. The ___________ mass extinction is happening NOW due to human interference.
  2. 2. A group of ecosystems that share similar climate and communities.
  3. 3. All of the organisms AND the non-living environment in a particular place.
  4. 5. A Biological ______________ includes just the living, interacting organisms in the area.
  5. 7. The parts of the planet and atmosphere that contain life.
  6. 8. All of the members of one species living in one place.
  7. 10. KJ thinks that good healthcare, clean _____________, and education for women will cause population growth to level off or drop.
  8. 11. The role (or behaviors) an organism has in its environment (includes the habitat, mating behaviors, etc.)
  9. 13. Where an organism lives.