Biosphere Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. anywhere that an animal makes its home
  2. 2. natural features of the environment that are nonliving
  3. 6. a geographic area that has similar ecosystems and climates
  4. 7. process where energy is released from food molecules by consumers and producers
  5. 11. when a body of water becomes full of nutrients
  6. 13. all of the nonliving features and the living organisms of the environment
  7. 14. a change that is either behavioral or structural and helps a living thing survive in its environment
  8. 17. capacity maximum quantity of a species that can be sustained by the environment
  9. 19. the way one ecological society morphs into another over time
  10. 20. an ecosystem containing groups of various species
  11. 21. species living in the same place at the same time together
  12. 22. a group of organisms that only reproduce with other members of their group
  13. 23. organism that uses a source of energy to make energy rich food molecules
  14. 25. organism that gets its food by eating other organisms because it cannot make energy rich molecules
  15. 27. the material that reacts during a chemical reaction
  16. 29. interaction between species that results as a benefit for both
  17. 30. species the first species to settle in undisrupted or new lands
Down
  1. 1. these animals only eat plants and have large premolars and molars for eating them
  2. 3. alive or once alive parts of the environment
  3. 4. these animals only eat other animals and have sharp canine teeth and strong jaw muscles for eating the animal’s flesh
  4. 5. one organism is unaffected while the other organism benefits in this type of symbiotic relationship
  5. 8. something that controls the size of the population
  6. 9. animal that eats only already dead animals or plant material
  7. 10. a close relationship that is between species
  8. 12. process by which plants and other producers make a simple sugar using light energy, water, and carbon dioxide to give out oxygen
  9. 15. the new material that is formed in a chemical reaction
  10. 16. any part of Earth that has living things or can support living things
  11. 18. these animals have incisors, canine teeth, and flat molars because they eat both plants and animals
  12. 24. one organism is harmed and the other profits in this type of symbiotic relationship
  13. 26. one animal preying on another animal
  14. 28. how a species connects with nonliving and living factors to get what it needs