Succession

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Across
  1. 1. How species and a habitat change over time
  2. 6. The variety of living organisms in an area
  3. 9. normally in the form of water or wind, breaks down materials and transports them from one place to another
  4. 11. A mix of species and organisms in an environment
  5. 14. A community with both biotic and abiotic factors
  6. 16. The first trees to grow in an environment
  7. 18. Vegetation that helps add nutrients to the soil when it dies
  8. 20. Living things in an ecosystem
  9. 21. Typically the first form of life that appears in the environment, helps break down the rocks into smaller pieces
  10. 23. Growth in an environment from bare rock
  11. 25. A species that has a major impact on the environment
Down
  1. 2. The last species to start growing in the environment
  2. 3. The later trees that grow in an environment
  3. 4. The first species to start growing in the environment
  4. 5. helps plants grow quicker and stronger
  5. 7. Growth in an environment with soil
  6. 8. Non living things in an ecosystem
  7. 10. When things start to break down and decay
  8. 12. Vegetation closer to the ground like bushes or smaller trees
  9. 13. what causes an area to not have any vegetation or life from?
  10. 15. What do things start to grow from in primary succession?
  11. 17. A climax that causes a population to become stable
  12. 19. What do things start to grow from in secondary succession?
  13. 22. The layer of vegetation that is far above the ground like taller trees
  14. 24. A pioneer species with stems that are smaller than trees