Unit 8a Terminology Review

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Across
  1. 7. type of growth pattern in which organisms will grow rapidly without limit
  2. 9. how the organisms are spread out in an area
  3. 11. part of earth where life exists
  4. 14. water returns to the atmosphere via plants
  5. 15. non living components
  6. 16. all the living and non living components in an area
  7. 17. all organisms have blood and a heartbeat
  8. 19. all of the living components in an area
  9. 20. in this distribution pattern organisms are equally spread out- organisms that live alone and are territorial
  10. 22. instinct geographical region with a specific climate, vegetation, and animal life.
  11. 24. one member of a species
  12. 26. bacteria in the roots of plants convert nitrogen to a usable form such as NO2
  13. 27. fungi and bacteria return nutrients to the soil from dead organisms
  14. 28. in this distribution pattern organisms live in groups (schools of fish, flock of birds, etc..)
  15. 29. the maximum amount of organisms an environment can support: carrying ____
  16. 30. all organisms can reproduce
  17. 31. organisms capture sunlight and store the solar energy as chemical energy
Down
  1. 1. density ____ factors have a larger affect on larger populations
  2. 2. when water falls from the sky as rain, sleet, snow
  3. 3. water is absorbed underground and can be stored in aquifers
  4. 4. cellular ___- when organisms breakdown carbon based molecules for energy and release CO2
  5. 5. a group of the same species in the same area
  6. 6. the amount of organisms in an area at a time
  7. 8. type of reproduction in which no partner is needed, offspring are clones of the parent
  8. 10. when water is not absorbed into the ground, and collects on the surface of the earth
  9. 12. density _____ factors are those that will have the same affect no matter how large the population is
  10. 13. organisms eating other organisms
  11. 18. type of growth pattern where the population will quickly level off
  12. 21. when nitrogen is returned to the atmosphere by bacteria
  13. 22. living components
  14. 23. ____ fixation- when nitrogen gets captured from the atmosphere by bacteria
  15. 25. a step in the carbon cycle that exists because of humans