Unit 9 Biology

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Across
  1. 7. a phenomenon in which a species' population becomes larger than the carrying capacity of its environment.
  2. 9. those that live in a limited area
  3. 11. area classified according to the species that live in that locationdeforestation
  4. 12. the variety of life on Earth at all its levels, from genes to ecosystems
  5. 14. A hydrothermal vent is a fissure on the seabed from which geothermally heated water discharges
  6. 17. relating to light, especially as an agent of chemical change or physiological response
  7. 19. the “endpoint” of succession within the context of a particular climate and geography.
Down
  1. 1. Primary succession is the beginning step of ecological succession after an extreme disturbance,
  2. 2. occurs when an amount of any substance or any form of energy is put into the environment at a rate faster than it can be dispersed or safely stored
  3. 3. water body containing fresh and salt water
  4. 4. a system of interlocking and interdependent food chains.
  5. 5. Pioneer species are hardy species that are the first to colonize barren environments
  6. 6. relating to water
  7. 8. a land region on the earth's surface covered by biological communities that group under the same climatic patterns like rainfall and temperature.
  8. 10. Secondary succession is the secondary ecological succession of a plant's life.
  9. 13. an organism that helps define an entire ecosystem
  10. 15. Global warming is the long-term heating of Earth's surface observed since the pre-industrial period
  11. 16. deep zone in ocean too deep to produce photosynthesis
  12. 18. a composite organism that arises from algae