Across
- 1. A curve showing the percentage of individuals living at various ages in a population.
- 7. A type of spatial distribution where individuals in a population are spread unpredictably, without a clear pattern or spacing.
- 8. Organisms that obtain energy by oxidizing inorganic substances such as hydrogen sulfide or ammonia, and use this energy to fix carbon dioxide into organic compounds
- 11. Organisms such as fungi and bacteria that feed on the remains of others, facilitating the cycling of nutrients and organic matter.
- 13. Species that can thrive in a wide variety of environmental conditions and utilize diverse resources, making them more adaptable and broadly distributed.
- 15. Large terrestrial areas characterized by specific vegetation, soil, climate, and wildlife.
- 17. An introduced organism that negatively alters its new environment and out-competes native species.
- 19. The rate at which death occurs in a population
- 20. Organisms with a small range of tolerance that are often less widely distributed.
- 21. The environmental span within which the greatest abundance of organisms is found for a particular species.
- 22. The specific role a species plays in an ecosystem, including how it obtains food and its relationships with others.Generalists
- 24. Organisms that play a critical role affecting many others in an ecosystem; their removal greatly changes the entire system.
- 28. A group of interacting organisms of the same species living in a particular space and time.
- 29. The highest level of social organization involving strict division of labor and cooperative brood care.
- 32. A type of evolution where unrelated organisms evolve to look and act alike.
- 33. Species that alert humans to harmful environmental changes, such as lichens indicating air pollution.
- 35. Species that are naturally living in a region but can also be found thriving naturally in other regions.
- 36. The physical location or set of environmental conditions where an organism lives.
Down
- 2. A form of social behaviour where parents or group members provide care to offspring to improve their survival
- 3. Temporary physiological changes in an individual organism that are not passed on to offspring.
- 4. A worldview where humans are considered the masters of nature and nature is viewed as a tool.
- 5. Related groups that are considerably separated from each other geographically.
- 6. An environmental worldview that grants equal inherent value to individual animals and their biological processes.
- 7. The biological process by which organisms release energy from food molecules, typically glucose, through the use of oxygen, producing carbon dioxide, water, and ATP.
- 9. A faunal boundary line modified to account for the unique characteristics of Philippine fauna.
- 10. An individual reducing its own fitness or taking risks to increase the survival of its relatives.
- 12. The maximum number of individuals of a species that can be indefinitely sustained in a given area.
- 14. The process by which individuals best suited for their environment survive and produce more successful offspring.
- 16. The division of a population into distinct species due to the development of a geographical barrier.
- 18. An evolutionary process occurring after mass extinctions where numerous new species evolve to fill vacated niches.
- 23. The transformation of matter and energy from an organized state to a more random, disorganized state.
- 25. The maximum reproductive capacity of a population when environmental limiting factors are removed.
- 26. The range of environmental conditions an organism can survive and thrive in.
- 27. A state of low metabolic activity performed by animals during the summer to survive heat or drought.
- 30. The value conferred upon something because it is useful to someone else.
- 31. A type of competition where members of the same species strive against each other for limited resources like mates or territory.
- 34. The movement of individuals from their birthplace to a new place with favorable conditions.