Ecosystems At Risk

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Across
  1. 1. the environment of a living organism
  2. 5. the non-living components of ecosystems, such as light, soil, water and air
  3. 7. Value potential usefulness that can be tapped by humans to use
  4. 9. the dynamic complex of plant, animal and micro-organism communities and their non-living environment as a functional unit
  5. 11. interactions afffect the functioning of an ecosystem
  6. 12. equity within the present generation
  7. 15. a group of interdependent organisms living together in a common environment and interacting with one another
  8. 18. equilibrium a situation in which stability is achieved in an ecosystem
  9. 19. to do with land
  10. 22. the ecosystem of the planet; the totality of all ecosystems
  11. 24. the organisms that make up the living parts of ecosystems
Down
  1. 1. an organism that consumes plants as its only source of food
  2. 2. ecosystem water-based such as a lake
  3. 3. Value beauty within - aesthetic qualities
  4. 4. this includes location extent biodiversity and linkages
  5. 6. the variety of species and the genetic variability among individuals within each species
  6. 8. equity ensuring that future generations have the same access to environments
  7. 10. level organisms that share the same types of food in a food chain are said to belong to this
  8. 13. organisms an organism that manufactgures its own food from sunlight, water and minerals - also known as a producer organism
  9. 14. a meat eating animal
  10. 16. an organism that feeds by breaking down the dead organic matter in an ecosystem eg. mushroom
  11. 17. strategies a plan of attack - a response to problems
  12. 20. is the ability of an ecosystem to adapt to a changing environment and to restore function following an episode of natural or human-induced stress
  13. 21. web a network of interconnected food chains
  14. 23. Value deemed to be an area of either/or natural beauty or cultural phenomenon