Across
- 2. The biogeochemical cycle that describes the transformation and translocation of phosphorous
- 4. An organism, especially a soil bacteria, fungus, or invertebrate, that decomposes organic material
- 5. traits that make an organism more likely to survive and reproduce in its environment
- 8. The proportion or rate at which a specific allele appears within a population
- 10. The phenomenon where complex systems exhibit properties or behaviors that are not present in their constituent parts alone, arising from their interactions and organization
- 12. The movement of carbon atoms between earth's systems
- 13. An organism's role and position within its ecosystem, encompassing its interactions with other species and its relationship with the environment
- 16. One of 2 or more alternative forms of a gene that arise by mutation and are found at the same place on a chromosome
- 19. A biogeochemical process through which nitrogen is converted into many forms
- 20. The evolutionary process which makes a new species often through isolation and divergence
- 23. Having 2 identical alleles if a particular gene or genes
- 24. An organism's complete set of genes or the specific alleles of a gene that an individual carries for a particular trait
- 27. The ability of an organism or species to live and thrive in its environment
- 28. A temporary change in environmental conditions that causes a pronounced change in a community, often alerting the physical structure or arrangement of a biotic and abiotic elements
- 29. Having inherited different versions of a genomic marker from each biological parent
- 30. A Microorganisms inherit ability to withstand the effects of a antimicrobial agent without genetic modification due to characteristics
Down
- 1. The observable characteristics or traits of an organism, resulting from the interaction of it's genotype with the environment
- 3. A trait that is expressed in an individual, even if they only inherit one copy of the gene variant responsible for that trait
- 6. When the number of individuals of a species exceeds the amount the environment can sustain
- 7. The system of naming organisms
- 9. an organism that eats other plants or animals for energy and nutrients
- 11. The complete disappearance of a species from earth, either through natural causes or human activities
- 14. A group of organisms that can reproduce with one another in nature and produce fertile offspring
- 15. The removal and destruction of a forest or stand of trees from land that is then converted to a non-forest use
- 17. Process where organisms better adapted to their environment survive and produce more offspring
- 18. A taxonomic rank used to group closely related species, positioned between family and species in the hierarchy classification system
- 21. A trait that is only expressed when an individual inherits 2 copies of the allele responsible for that trait
- 22. The physical separation of populations of organisms from one another due geographic barriers
- 25. An organism that is able to form nutritional organic substances from simple inorganic substances
- 26. Enviormental factors that influence which individuals within a population are more likely to survive and reproduce, driving natural selection and shaping evolution of traits