Patrick´s Crossword puzzle. Use _ for spaces.
Across
- 3. way in which people are spread across a given area.
- 5. a living organism that shapes its environment.
- 8. a nonliving part of an ecosystem that shapes its environment.
- 9. population´s size increases at a faster rate over time.
- 12. a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding.
- 13. limiting factor that does not depend on the population size.
- 14. movement of organisms to an area than one they are native to, permanently.
- 16. a supply of materials that an organism uses to survive or to improve its environment.
- 20. a chart that shows the different number of age of the organisms in an area.
- 21. the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism.
- 23. the branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings.
- 24. a group of organisms living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common.
Down
- 1. seasonal movement of organisms between two areas.
- 2. when the population size flattens out just before it hits the carrying capacity due to limiting factors.
- 3. a particular section, group, or type of animals living in an area or region.
- 4. measurement of population per unit area.
- 6. the maximum reproductive capacity of an organism under optimum environmental conditions.
- 7. a factor that limits the size of a population in an area.
- 9. movement of organisms leaving an area they are native to, permanently.
- 10. the number of organism in a population.
- 11. limiting factor that depends on the population size.
- 15. the amount of organisms and area can hold without disrupting the organisms.
- 17. a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.
- 18. a chart that shows the different number of genders in an area.
- 19. a graph showing the number or proportion of individuals surviving to each age for a given species or group.
- 22. the regions of the surface, atmosphere, and hydrosphere of the earth occupied by living organisms.