Across
- 4. Nonliving components of a system
- 7. The term ecologists use to describe the number of individuals moving into a population
- 8. Population _____ ____ is how fast a specific population grows.
- 9. A linear representation of the feeding relationships between different organisms in an ecosystem, starting with producers and ending with top predators.
- 11. Density-_____-Factors are environmental factor that does not depend on population size, such as storms, flood, fires, or pollution.
- 13. arrangement of a population in its environment.
- 15. All the populations of different species that live and interact in an area.
- 18. Living components of a system
- 19. the inevitable elimination from a habitat of one of two different species with identical needs for resources.
- 20. movement of individuals away from a population.
Down
- 1. number of organisms that a specific environment can support.
- 2. Density-_____-Factors are environmental factor, such as disease, predators, or lack of food, that increasingly affects a population as the population’s size increases.
- 3. number of organisms per unit of living area.
- 5. Factor Any biotic or abiotic factor that restricts the number, distribution, or reproduction of organisms within an ecosystem.
- 6. A complex network of interconnected food chains that illustrates the feeding relationships among various organisms in an ecosystem.
- 10. Mr. Pillath has two cats; Miss Chonk and...
- 12. A community of organisms interacting with their physical environment.
- 14. The struggle between individuals or species for limited resources, such as food, water, and shelter.
- 16. The act of one organism (predator) consuming another organism (prey) for food.
- 17. A group of organisms of the same species that live in a particular area and interbreed.