Across
- 5. Clearing forested land and repurposing it for non-forest use
- 7. - Aquatic regions where sunlight penetrates, able to support photosynthesis
- 8. When human populations become so large they are not able to be supported by an ecosystem
- 11. Biomes where fresh and saltwater meet - typically very productive areas due to influx of
- 12. Land ecosystems categorized by average temp and precipitation - includes tundra, grasslands, deserts, boreal forests, temperate forests, savannas, and tropical rainforests
- 14. Collection of ecosystems characterized with similar temps, rainfall totals, and climax communities
- 16. Key organisms in an ecosystem that helps stabilize or maintain that ecosystem
- 17. Species that evolve and are only found in one isolated geographical location
- 20. Long term changes in average global temps causes changes in weather patterns
Down
- 1. Protec ecosystems at the bottom of the ocean near divergent plate boundaries
- 2. Predictable changes in an ecosystem as it progresses from pioneer on bare rock to mature community
- 3. First species to invade or populate an area, typically a lichen in primary succession
- 4. Predictable changes in an ecosystem after a disturbance as it progresses toward reestablishing a mature/climax community - some soil already exists
- 6. Mature form of an ecosystem, end result of biological succession
- 9. Aquatic regions that don't have sunlight, unable to support photosynthesis
- 10. Water ecosystems categorized by light availability, water depth, and salinity - includes intertidal areas, continental shelf, coral reefs, pelagic zone, benthic zone, photic zone, aphotic zone, etc.
- 13. Non-native species in a community, often able to outcompete endemic species - removed from limiting factors
- 15. Measurement of the variety and richness of an ecosystem, measured by richness, evenness
- 18. Visual representation of the feeding interaction in ecosystems
- 19. Created from a mutualistic symbiotic relationship between plant and a fungus