Chapter 2 - Understanding Ecosystems

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Across
  1. 3. capacity The maximum population size of a particular species that an area can support (2 words)
  2. 6. range The abiotic factors within which a species can survive (2 words)
  3. 9. factors Examples are wind, rock, water (2 words)
  4. 10. An example is a forest
  5. 11. The mass of living organisms in a given area
  6. 13. For example, the boreal forest
  7. 14. A bi-product of this process is oxygen
  8. 17. For example the dead sea
  9. 20. Earth's solid outer layer
  10. 21. niche All organisms have specific roles in their ecosystem (2 words)
  11. 22. chain This shows how energy is transferred from one organism to another when consumed (2 words)
  12. 23. ecosystem An ecosystem that is maintained through natural processes (2 words)
  13. 26. factor An example is availability of food
  14. 27. respiration A product of this process is carbon dioxide (2 words)
  15. 30. An example is a deer
Down
  1. 1. An example is a oak tree
  2. 2. energy This is an example of kinetic energy (2 words)
  3. 4. cycle A continuous cycle in which water is constantly evaporating and then returned to the Earth as precipitation (2 words)
  4. 5. All life lives here
  5. 7. For example, wetlands and bogs
  6. 8. Also referred to as drainage basins
  7. 12. cycle An example is the water cycle (2 words)
  8. 15. factors Examples are plants and animals (2 words)
  9. 16. level The fourth of the contains tertiary consumers (2 words)
  10. 18. Oceans and lakes are an example
  11. 19. cycle The process which carbon is cycled through the four spheres (2 words)
  12. 24. Layers of different gases surrounding the Earth
  13. 25. cycle the series of processes in which nitrogen compounds are moved through the biotic and abiotic environment (2 words)
  14. 28. energy An example is the movement of radio signal (2 words)
  15. 29. energy An example is x-rays (2 words)