Physical Geography: Chapter 10

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Across
  1. 2. A group of closely related organisms.
  2. 3. Large, recognizable assemblages of plants and animals living in a functional relationship with the environment.
  3. 5. The movement of nitrogen in and out of the biosphere.
  4. 6. Term that refers to plants.
  5. 7. The study of the distribution patterns of living organisms and how these patterns change over time.
  6. 9. Term that refers to animals.
  7. 12. When carbon is transferred from CO2 to living matter and then back to CO2.
  8. 13. The production of organic matter by chlorophyll-containing plants and bacteria.
Down
  1. 1. Animals and plants that live on or in the ocean bottom.
  2. 3. The number of different kinds of organisms present in a location.
  3. 4. Ocean inhabitants that include floating plants and animals.
  4. 5. Animals such as fish and marine mammals that swim freely.
  5. 8. Entity that is alive and its survival depends on an intricate set of life processes.
  6. 10. A specific role or function a species has in a habitat.
  7. 11. All of the organisms in an area and their interactions with the immediate environment.