Across
- 6. Composed of all organisms of all species in a geographic area. A community consists of all plants, animals, fungi, and single-celled organisms in a geographical area.
- 9. Any biotic or abiotic factor that restricts the existence, numbers, reproduction, or distribution of organisms.
- 11. Breakup of a habitat into smaller pieces, usually as a result of human activities.
- 12. Is composed of all organisms and all abiotic factors within a geographic location.
- 13. The nonliving components of the environment such as water, light, temperature, nutrients, soil.
Down
- 1. The study of interactions that occur between organisms and their environment.
- 2. Is the variety of life on earth across all of the different levels of biological organization.
- 3. The living components of the environment such as other organisms as foods, other resources, or predators.
- 4. the impact of a person or community on the environment, expressed as the amount of land required to sustain their use of natural resources.
- 5. A group of organisms of same species that interbreed and live in the same area at the same time; compete for same resources.
- 7. A group of organisms of same species that interbreed and live in the same area at the same time; compete for same resources.
- 8. Are species that have been transplanted from their original location to another location and have negative effects on the native organisms, environment and economy of their new region.
- 10. A broad, regional type of ecosystem characterized by distinctive climate and soil conditions and a distinctive kind of biological community adapted to those conditions.