Across
- 4. One destructive process that contributes to habitat loss.
- 6. Information gathered during an experiment.
- 8. a hot air balloon rises due to ___ energy.
- 10. shows the energy changes and illustrate the energy flow from the ground up.
- 11. an association between two organisms in which one benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed.
- 14. interaction between two different organisms living in close physical association, typically to the advantage of both.
- 17. interconnected food chains that reply on one another for energy.
- 18. areas where water covers the soil or is present near the surface of the soil year-long or varying seasonally.
- 19. where an organism lives with what it needs to survive.
- 22. a temporary wetland that is home to many unique andimals and plants.
- 25. This law says water goes throughout the water cycle again and again, the total amount of water on Earth doesn't change.
- 29. the section of the Earth containing a plastic-like layer of the mantle.
- 30. non-living factors in an ecosystem.
- 33. .
- 34. food web arrows represent this; from food to the consumer.
- 35. Theory stating the earth’s lithosphere is broken into sections which move
- 38. a pathway to show transfer of energy
- 40. An organism that is not indigenous, or native, to a particular area, and it's introduction causes or is likely to cause economic or environmental harm or harm to human health.
Down
- 1. Ecological interaction between two or more species where each species has a net benefit.
- 2. the rocks and minerals on Earth.
- 3. energy when a wind turbine turns in the breeze.
- 5. the layer of gasses that surrounds Earth.
- 7. the energy stored in food.
- 9. the total amount of water on earth
- 12. a rollercoaster gains this as it travels down a hill.
- 13. Having a variety of species that fill different roles in the environment.
- 15. The source of the energy in the ecosystem.
- 16. The ocean floor is spreading out from mid-ocean ridges
- 20. living factors in an ecosystem.
- 21. makes own food by photosynthesis
- 23. the supercontinent
- 24. one organism to another.
- 26. The energy when a bright light comes on in a dark room. Radiant is an example
- 27. eats producers, aka herbivore
- 28. is a group of organisms of the same species living in the same area.
- 31. The section if the earth containing the crust and upper mantle
- 32. breaks down organisms and waste, returing the nutrients to the earth.
- 36. over the mantle.
- 37. finding tropical plants in Antarctica proves that Antarctica was once ____.
- 39. the outermost later of Earth. It consists o soil and materials subject to the soil creation process.