Vocabulary
Across
- 4. This type of succession begins after a disturbance
- 10. two or more atoms bound together
- 11. Igneous rock that has small crystal due to rapid cooling above the surface
- 13. The chemical symbol for iron
- 15. This type of air typically has clear skies
- 17. Something solid or molten, with varying textures and crystal sizes, may or may not contain organic components
- 18. Not derived from living things
- 19. The species most important in maintaining the balance of the ecosystem
Down
- 1. Ocean currents move this direction in the Northern hemisphere
- 2. This kind of species is anything that does not need soil to grow but can help form soil
- 3. The fuel of a candle
- 5. A stable state within an organism or ecosystem
- 6. a substance made of two or more elements bound together
- 7. Particles that have been weathered off of rock, metals, and other solids
- 8. The process of decay that returns nutrients to the soil
- 9. The way light reflects off a mineral
- 12. This tide has the least difference between high and low tide
- 14. The chemical name for Zn
- 16. Something solid, inorganic, naturally occurring, with a crystal structure and definite chemical composition