Unit 6 Vocab

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Across
  1. 6. the system of growing a different crop each year
  2. 12. biological community of interacting organisms
  3. 13. natural resource that is used up faster than it can be replaced by natural processes
  4. 16. consists of all life on Earth and all parts of the Earth
  5. 17. biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another
  6. 20. An increased concentration of a chemical within an organism
  7. 22. species on which other species in an ecosystem largely depend
  8. 24. the rate at which an ecosystem returns to its original state
  9. 25. Breakup of a habitat into smaller pieces
Down
  1. 1. impact of a person or community on the environment
  2. 2. living things in a echosystem
  3. 3. An ecological succession that occurs after a major disturbance
  4. 4. Each step in a food chain or food web
  5. 5. An ecological succession that begins in an area where no biotic
  6. 7. The cultivation or farming of seafood under controlled conditions
  7. 8. Damage done to a habitat that results in the loss of resources
  8. 9. An organism that makes its own food
  9. 10. A species, often introduced by humans, that takes hold outside its native range.
  10. 11. non living things
  11. 14. capable of being readily decomposed
  12. 15. A natural resource that can be replaced at the same rate at which the resource is consumed
  13. 18. the variety of life, or number of species, present within an ecosystem
  14. 19. organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organismsorganism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms
  15. 21. The increase in chemical concentration in animal tissues
  16. 23. The loss of some or all of a soil's ability to support plant growth