Bio vocab

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Across
  1. 4. an assemblage of different populations that live together in a defined area
  2. 7. includes all the gases that surround earth
  3. 8. the biosphere includes all life on earth, from underground bacteria, rain forest trees, ocean- going whales, airborne mold spores, and humans
  4. 10. movement of individuals into an area occupied by an existing population
  5. 11. independent factor limiting factor that affects all populations in similar ways. Regardless of the population density
  6. 12. all the organisms that live in a place, together with their physical environment, are known as an ecosystem
  7. 14. must acquire energy from other organisms, usually by eating them
  8. 17. Producer the first producers of energy-rich compounds that can be used later by other organisms
  9. 18. chemical energy powers production of carbohydrates
  10. 20. Factor an abiotic factor is any non living part of the environment, such as sunlight, heat, precipitation, humidity, wind or water currents, and soil type
Down
  1. 1. movement of individuals out of an area
  2. 2. consists of all earths fresh water and salt water, including water vapor and rain in the atmosphere, water underground, and ice
  3. 3. consists of short term changes in temperature, precipitation, clouds, and wind from day to day, or minute to minute
  4. 5. distribution describes the way individuals are spaced out across their range
  5. 6. dependent factor limiting factors that operate more strongly when population density is high
  6. 9. defined by patterns and averages over many years of temperature, precipitation, clouds, wind, and extreme weather events such as heat waves, droughts, and floods
  7. 13. captures energy from non living sources and convert it into forms living cells can use
  8. 15. Capacity the number of individuals of a species that an environment can support
  9. 16. Factor a biotic factories any living part of the environment with which an organism might interact
  10. 19. is the scientific study of interactions among organisms, populations, and communities, of organisms effect on their environment, and of their responses to change in their environment