Biodiversity & Interactions in the Environment

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Across
  1. 4. Meeting needs without compromising the ability of future generations.
  2. 6. Living things that eat dead or decaying organic matter.
  3. 9. A group of individuals from different species interacting within a given area.
  4. 10. Non-living things
  5. 11. A community of living organisms interacting with each other and their physical environment.
  6. 13. Living things
  7. 15. An animal without a backbone.
  8. 17. A group of individuals of the same species living and interacting within a given area.
  9. 19. Living things that preys on others.
  10. 22. The growth and change of an ecosystem overtime.
Down
  1. 1. The variety (aka diversity) of living things (aka bio) on the planet.
  2. 2. An animal with a backbone.
  3. 3. A linear network of interactions in a food web starting from producer organisms and ending at an apex predator species.
  4. 5. The process in which living things (plants and algae) produce sugar from water and carbon dioxide.
  5. 7. The process of categorizing living things based on their physical characteristics.
  6. 8. A type of colouration or pattern that helps the living thing blend in with its surroundings.
  7. 12. Multiple food chains present within an ecosystem.
  8. 14. Living thing that makes their own food (i.e. plant).
  9. 16. The maximum amount of living things an ecosystem can house sustainably based on available resources.
  10. 18. Living things that eat other living things from a different population.
  11. 20. A living thing.
  12. 21. Living things that are hunted or killed by others.