science
Across
- 8. abundant species in a community
- 9. happens when a new patch of land is created or exposed for the first time
- 11. species that has a disproportionately large effect on its natural environment relative to its abundance
- 12. likely to become extinct in the near future
- 13. threatened with extinction unless the circumstances that are threatening its survival
Down
- 1. happens when a climax community or intermediate community is impacted by a disturbance
- 2. species that have a strong role in structuring a community
- 3. an organism that is not indigenous
- 4. when a species no longer exists in a particular area, but still exists elsewhere.
- 5. variety of life on Earth at all its levels, from genes to ecosystems
- 6. the species that first colonize new habitats created by disturbance
- 7. species and organisms that have become extinct
- 10. species which is likely to become endangered within the foreseeable future