Across
- 4. organisms that are better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring
- 7. growth rate becomes more rapid in proportion to size
- 9. not derived from living organisms
- 10. a factor limiting the size of a population that doesn't depend on population density
- 11. the elimination from one habitat of one of two species with the same needs from resources
- 12. the preying of one animal on others
Down
- 1. an organism or species getting better suited to its environment
- 2. an interaction between organisms in which both are harmed
- 3. a factor limiting the size of a population that depends on population density
- 5. the number of living organisms a region can support without environmental degradation
- 6. relating to or resulting from living things
- 8. growth rate decreases as the population reaches carrying capacity