Understanding Ecosystems- Chapter 2

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Across
  1. 4. Pine cone>red squirrel>weasel>goshawk
  2. 6. living things and what is associated with them
  3. 8. An unwritten law that limits the size of a population in a given area
  4. 9. The function of a species serves in its ecosystem
  5. 11. Producers>Primary Consumers>Secondary consumers>Tertiary consumers
  6. 14. Population of all organisms combined in a given area
  7. 15. Movement of matter through biotic and abiotic environments
  8. 16. Sugar being turned into carbon dioxide, water and energy
  9. 21. One type of energy being turned into another
  10. 24. Organisms that live in water have a hard time living in these conditions
  11. 27. Conditions that must be met to allow specific species to live
  12. 29. Earth's natural balance
  13. 30. If pollutants enter these, ecosystems become at risk and polluted
  14. 31. Biogeochemical cycle for carbon
Down
  1. 1. An organism that makes its own food
  2. 2. Organisms that live in water thrive in these conditions
  3. 3. All of earth's water
  4. 5. Nitrogen being moved through the abiotic and biotic environment
  5. 7. Maintained through natural processes
  6. 10. The Tundra, Desert and Grassland are examples
  7. 12. Earth's solid outer layer
  8. 13. Representation of energy, numbers or biomass relationships
  9. 16. The maximum population size of a particular species that an ecosystem can sustain
  10. 17. Energy that travels through outer space
  11. 18. Non living components of an ecosystem
  12. 19. All living organisms and their environment
  13. 20. Keeps us warm/cool
  14. 22. Allows us to live, along with all other living organisms
  15. 23. Earth's protective shield
  16. 25. Allows us to see
  17. 26. Ocean>evaporation>condensation>precipitation
  18. 28. When we eat we can be considered this