Vocabulary Review Day 2

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Across
  1. 2. Earth's resources that nature does not replace as fast as it is being used (2 words)
  2. 5. living things
  3. 6. an organism that must eat to get energy
  4. 8. nonliving components of an ecosystem
  5. 9. consumers that obtain their energy and nutrients by eating only plants (vegetarians)
  6. 11. a broader range of changes that are happening to our planet, such as more severe storms (2 words)
  7. 15. all of the organisms that live in a place, together with their physical environment, including biotic and abiotic factors
  8. 17. differences amongst species
  9. 18. an organism that makes its own food
  10. 21. consumers that obtain their energy and nutrients by eating both plants and other animals
  11. 22. a group of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area
  12. 23. an organism that makes its own food
  13. 24. the loss of a species due to over-hunting or over-fishing (2 words)
Down
  1. 1. Earth's resources that nature does replace as fast as it is being used (2 words)
  2. 3. the gradual change in a species over time
  3. 4. limited
  4. 5. the build-up of toxins within the tissues of organisms
  5. 7. a factor that controls the growth of a population and keeps the population in check (2 words)
  6. 10. the long-term warming of the planet due to an increase in Greenhouse Gases (2 words)
  7. 12. the maximum population an area can support (2 words)
  8. 13. physical trait or behavior that can possibly help an organism survive in a specific environment
  9. 14. an organism, such as bacteria or fungus, that breaks down dead, organic material, and returns nutrients to the environment
  10. 16. an organism that must eat to get energy
  11. 19. the job or role of an organism in its environment
  12. 20. variety of different living organisms