Unit 3 Ecosystems Part I

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Across
  1. 2. the sporadic weather patterns due to human activity
  2. 4. biotic and abiotic factors that work together as a system
  3. 6. negative actions that impact the environment, pollution, waste, resource depletion
  4. 9. the amount of food ready for consumption to provide energy
  5. 11. 2 hydrogens, one oxygen, transport nutrients and dissolved substances
  6. 12. the number of organisms in an area
  7. 13. water moving through the environment, in ground/atmosphere/clouds/bodies of water
  8. 15. maximum amount of species an ecosystem can support
  9. 16. produced through photosynthesis, needed for aerobic respiration
  10. 17. the number of deaths in a given amount of time, used to determine population trends
  11. 18. increases sedimentation, reduces water quality, releases carbon, increases temperatures
  12. 20. nonrenewable sources of energy that releases pollutants into the atmosphere
  13. 21. an area that an organism claims and uses for energy consumption and habitat
Down
  1. 1. the amount of species in a period of time, shows trends
  2. 3. important for production of ATP, not readily available for use in body
  3. 5. the number of birth in a given amount of time, used to determine population trends
  4. 7. long term weather patterns in an area, humans are impacting it
  5. 8. shows how organisms rely on each other through predation/energy transfer and movement
  6. 10. different levels of energy and how it moves through an ecosystem
  7. 14. major component for all living organisms, stored in plants to help environment
  8. 19. biotic and abiotic factors that interact with each other in an particular area