Intro to Ecology Vocabulary



Across
2. study of interactions between organisms and the environment
3. lands with water and above water plants
6. upper part of water with light penetration
7. species that originated or evolved in an area
9. nonliving parts of the environment
10. lower region of water with no light
11. small ecosystems or environmental conditions
14. nutrient rich, shallow and warm lake
15. distribution of species
16. daily conditions in the environment
17. large ecosystems with similar climates
18. living organisms
19. average weather conditions for a period of time
   
Down
1. lake with nutrients between poor and rich
4. accidentally or purposefully place in a new environment
5. shallows, most of organisms present
8. bottom of ocean
12. nutrient poor, very deep, very cold lake
13. temperature gradients or layers in a body of water