Across
- 2. water-saturated ecosystems rich in species
- 5. breaking habitats into smaller pieces
- 7. protection of natural resources
- 8. at high risk of extinction
- 9. position in a food chain
- 12. Web network of feeding relationships
- 13. all life on Earth
- 15. community of organisms interacting with environment
- 17. ecosystem’s ability to recover
- 18. one benefits, other unaffected
- 19. large ecological zone like desert or tundra
- 20. a species’ role in an ecosystem
- 22. natural home of a species
- 26. non-native organism causing harm
- 29. trait that helps survival
- 30. species that signals ecosystem health
Down
- 1. species that holds an ecosystem together
- 3. transfer of pollen for plant reproduction
- 4. variation of genes within a species
- 6. area with high biodiversity and high threat
- 10. permanent loss of a species
- 11. close relationship between species**
- 14. found only in one geographic area
- 16. gradual change in ecosystems over time
- 21. one benefits at the other’s expense
- 23. excessive use of natural resources
- 24. group of organisms that can interbreed
- 25. Sink natural system that stores carbon
- 27. seasonal movement of species
- 28. both species benefit
