Chapter 11 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. ______ effect, the tendency of certain atmospheric gasses (carbon dioxide, methane and water vapor) to trap heat that warms the Earth.
  2. 4. the study of how organisms interact with each other and with the environment in which they live.
  3. 5. an organism that breaks down organic matter
  4. 7. ____ level, a hierarchical level in the food chain denoting who eats whom.
  5. 12. the process by which an element flows through the biosphere and is balanced.
  6. 16. removal of trees and forests.
  7. 17. ____-percent law On average, only 10% of energy that one organism consumes is passed to the next trophic level
  8. 18. the process by which an ecosystem gradually changes over time.
  9. 19. a community of living organisms in a particular region that interacts with the surrounding non-living environment
  10. 20. a group of multiple species that occupies a particular geographic area.
  11. 23. _______ capacity, the maximum population of organisms that a particular environment can support.
  12. 24. abiotic _____ a nonliving component of the environment
  13. 26. a type of symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits while the other is unaffected.
  14. 27. - an organism capable of making its own food from inorganic material, a primary producer.
  15. 28. ____ factor, a living component in the environment
Down
  1. 1. secondary ______, an organism at a higher trophic level than a primary consumer, a carnivore or an omnivore.
  2. 3. growth
  3. 6. all members of a single species living in a particular geographic area at one time.
  4. 8. an organism that obtains energy by consuming other organisms.
  5. 9. humans’ God-given responsibility to care for creation.
  6. 10. a symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits at the cost of the other organism.
  7. 11. A relationship of two organisms living together in close proximity, can be mutualistic, commensalistic or parasitic.
  8. 13. Climate ______, fluctuations in the climate over long periods of time.
  9. 14. a relationship in which one organism consumes the other.
  10. 15. movement of people to cities.
  11. 21. a symbiotic relationship in which both organisms benefit.
  12. 22. ______ consumer, an herbivore, an animal that eats plants.
  13. 25. - a large community consisting of particular flora and fauna found in a certain region.