Spelling week 2

3. /a complex biotic community characterized by distinctive plant and animal species and maintained under the climatic conditions of the region, especially such a community that has developed to climax.
4. /the careful utilization of a natural resource in order to prevent depletion.
6. diversity among and within plant and animal species in an environment.
7. /of or pertaining to a day or each day;
8. life as a whole, especially the plant life of a particular region
13. /no longer in existence;
14. / system involving the interactions between a community of living organisms in a particular area and its nonliving environment

1. /the quality of not being harmful to the environment or depleting natural resources, and thereby supporting long-term ecological balance:
2. / the natural environment of an organism; place that is natural for the life and growth of an organism: a tropical habitat. octurnal /
5. /(of a plant) having fleshy and juicy tissues.
9. /the air, water, minerals, organisms, and all other external factors surrounding and affecting a given organism at any time.
10. / of or pertaining to the night
11. / (in plants) the synthesis of organic compounds from carbon dioxide and water (with the release of oxygen) using light energy absorbed by chlorophyll
12. / any alteration in the structure or function of an organism or any of its parts that results from natural selection and by which the organism becomes better fitted to survive and multiply in its environment.