Science Week 2024

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Across
  1. 2. A long-term change in the earth's climate, especially a change due to an increase in the average atmospheric temperature.
  2. 4. An animal that is hunted and killed by another for food.
  3. 7. The state or process of a species, family, or larger group being lost forever.
  4. 10. The variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.
  5. 12. Referring to species that spread widely in a new habitat.
  6. 15. The state or fact of continuing to live or exist, typically in spite of an ordeal or difficult circumstances.
  7. 16. A group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding.
  8. 18. The natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism.
  9. 19. Selection: The process whereby organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring.
  10. 20. The action of protecting, or the state of being protected.
  11. 22. A hierarchical series of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food.
  12. 24. The branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings.
  13. 27. The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; wise use.
  14. 28. The process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed from earlier forms during the history of the earth.
  15. 29. The biological process by which new individual organisms are produced.
Down
  1. 1. The action of returning something to a former owner, place, or condition.
  2. 3. All the inhabitants of a particular town, area, or country.
  3. 5. The ability to be maintained at a certain rate or level, especially without depleting natural resources.
  4. 6. A species at risk of becoming extinct.
  5. 8. The state of being diverse; variety.
  6. 9. Animals that have not been domesticated.
  7. 11. Seasonal movement of animals from one region to another.
  8. 13. The capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness.
  9. 14. An animal that naturally preys on others.
  10. 16. Interaction between two different organisms living in close physical association, typically to the advantage of both.
  11. 17. The process by which a species becomes better suited to its environment.
  12. 21. The role or function of an organism or species in an ecosystem.
  13. 23. The changing of the structure of a gene, resulting in a variant form that may be transmitted to subsequent generations.
  14. 25. Units of heredity that are transferred from parent to offspring and determine some characteristic of the offspring.
  15. 26. A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.