CH 2 VOCABULARY

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Across
  1. 3. A large geopgraphical region defined by climate with a specific set of biotic and abiotic features
  2. 7. The function a species serves in its ecosystem, including what it eats, what eats it, and how it behaves
  3. 8. The land area drained by a particular river, also called a drainage basin
  4. 10. An ecosystem that is maintained through natural processes
  5. 12. Earth's solid outer layer
  6. 13. The layer of gases surrounding Earth
  7. 17. Visible forms of radiant energy
  8. 19. Living things, their remains, and features, such as nests, associated with their activities
  9. 21. Any factore that restricts the size of a population
  10. 23. All the living organisms and their physical and chemical environment
  11. 27. The non-living physical and chemical components of an ecosystem
  12. 29. The level of an organism in an ecosystem depending on its feeding position along a food chain
  13. 30. The form of energy transferred during heating or cooling
  14. 31. The series of processes that cycle water through the environment
  15. 32. The biogeochemical cycle in which carbon is cycled through the lithosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere
Down
  1. 1. The process in which the Sun's energy is converted into chemical energy
  2. 2. The process by which sugar ad oxygen are converted into carbon dioxide and water,to provide energy for the cells
  3. 3. The zone around the Earth where life can exist
  4. 4. The abiotic conditions within which a species can survive
  5. 5. A representation of the feeding relationships within a community
  6. 6. A sequence of organisms each feeding on the next, showing how energy is transfered from one organism to another
  7. 9. All of Earth's water in solid,liquid,and gas form
  8. 11. The ability to maintain a ecological balance
  9. 14. The mass of living organisms in a given area
  10. 15. The movement of matter through the biotic and abiotic environment
  11. 16. An organism that makes its own energy-rich food compounds using the Sun's energy
  12. 18. A representation of energy, numbers, or biomass relationships in ecosystems
  13. 20. An organism that obtains its energy from consumming other organisms
  14. 22. A body of water that is low in nutrients
  15. 24. Energy that travels through empty spaces
  16. 25. The maximum populatiob size of a particular species that a given ecosystem can sustain
  17. 26. A body of water that is rich in nutrients
  18. 28. The series of processes in which compounds are moved through the biotic and abiotic environment