Unit 7/8 Populations (part 1)
Across
- 6. all of the populations living and interacting within a specific environment
- 8. the maximum size of a population that a particular environment can support
- 9. enrichment of nutrients in an aquatic environment that causes excessive growth of aquatic plants, especially algae, which increases bacterial growth and consumption of oxygen, resulting in depletion of oxygen in the environment
- 10. the clearing, by burning or logging, of trees in a forested area
- 12. the location in which an organism lives
- 13. the many different types of life that exist in an environment
Down
- 1. the slow warming of Earth's atmosphere due to climatic change
- 2. the spread of desert-like conditions often due to the actions of humans
- 3. a growth pattern in which a population doubles at regular intervals
- 4. a symbiotic relationship in which both participants benefit from the relationship (+/+)
- 5. a symbiotic relationship in which one participant benefits from the relationship and the other is neither harmed nor hurt (+/0)
- 7. the interaction between organisms or species that use the same resources in which the health of one is negatively affected by the presence of the other
- 11. all the living and nonliving things in an area that interact with each other