Unit 4:Ecology 1-3

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Across
  1. 6. Is the study of relationships,between two organisms or between an organism and its environment.
  2. 8. The variety of organisms considered at all levels, from populations to ecosystems.
  3. 9. Multiple ecosystems that share similar characteristics but are located in different parts of the planet.
  4. 12. Living.
  5. 13. Multiple organisms of the same species living together.
  6. 16. Aspects of the environment that limits the size a population can reach.
  7. 17. The zone of life on Earth, encompassing all of Earth's ecosystems.
  8. 18. Limiting factors regulate population growth regardless of its size or density.
  9. 19. A group of organisms of the same species living in the same place.
  10. 20. Tool used for identifying organisms based on their characteristics.
  11. 21. Field of biology that classifies organisms, organizing them based on similar characteristics.
  12. 22. Community plus all of the abiotic factors in the environment.
  13. 23. Nonliving.
Down
  1. 1. The theoretical maximum population that a given environment could support.
  2. 2. Population grows without limit.
  3. 3. A graphic representation of survival patterns.
  4. 4. Population grows quickly at first and then levels off.
  5. 5. Limiting factors have a bigger impact on more dense populations.
  6. 7. Measures the number of individual organisms living in a defined space.
  7. 9. 2-name naming system by Carolus Linnaeus that names organisms after their two most specific classification levels: Genus species.
  8. 10. Individual member of a species or population.
  9. 11. Diagram that shows relatedness of organisms.
  10. 14. All of the chemical reactions of each cell in an organism that provide energy for life's processes and create key molecules.
  11. 15. Multiple populations of different species living together.