Across
- 3. diagram of tropic structure
- 4. group of similar ecosystems
- 5. capacity largest population of a species that an environment can support
- 7. growth by a percentage
- 14. 2 species may not occupy same niche in same ecosystem for too long
- 17. each level receives 1/10 of energy from the level below
- 20. combination of exponential and linear
Down
- 1. organism that consume plants
- 2. lowlands near equator with intense sunlight and rainfall
- 6. total quantity of living matter at each tropic level
- 8. rate at which new biomass forms
- 9. ycle cycle depending on predator/prey populations
- 10. meat eaters
- 11. parasite benefits from host
- 12. both species benefit
- 13. the rise and fall of reproduction due to optimal conditions
- 15. nutrititonal relationships among species of an ecosystem
- 16. predator species consumes a prey species
- 18. combination of resources that a species is adapted to exploit
- 19. one organism benefits and other is unaffected