Across
- 3. when data rises over a period of time, creating an upwards trending curve on a graph
- 6. long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns
- 7. the species that first colonize new habitats created by disturbance
- 9. any natural or industrial process that causes free nitrogen
- 11. the ability to maintain or support a process continuously over time.
- 14. gases in the earth's atmosphere that trap heat.
- 15. plant species that can germinate and grow with limited resources
- 16. happens when a climax community or intermediate community is impacted by a disturbance
Down
- 1. the use of either naturally occurring or deliberately introduced microorganisms or other forms of life to consume and break down environmental pollutants, in order to clean up a polluted site.
- 2. the concentration of individuals within a species in a specific geographic locale
- 4. ecological footprint is the amount of environmental resources necessary to produce the goods and services that support an individual's lifestyle, a nation's prosperity, or the economic activity of humanity as a whole.
- 5. The ways in which an element—or compound such as water—moves between its various living and nonliving forms and locations in the biosphere
- 8. anything that constrains a population's size and slows or stops it from growing
- 10. happens when a new patch of land is created or exposed for the first time
- 12. the number of people, other living organisms, or crops that a region can support without environmental degradation.
- 13. an organism that is not indigenous, or native, to a particular area