Across
- 4. given species that live in a particular area
- 6. succession- when a climax community or intermediate community is impacted by a disturbance
- 9. the region on, above, and below the Earth's surface where life exists
- 10. a non-living part of an ecosystem that shapes its environment.
- 12. is a community of living organisms
- 13. selection- a mechanism of evolution
- 15. succession-when a new patch of land is created or exposed for the first time
- 16. key- an important scientific tool, used to identify different organisms, based the organism's observable traits.
- 17. species involved benefit from their interactions.
Down
- 1. constitute the upper trophic levels.
- 2. all the different kinds of life you'll find in one area
- 3. an interacting group of various species in a common location.
- 5. resources that are non living.
- 7. organisms that make their own food
- 8. a relationship between two species in which one obtains benefits from the other
- 11. web- All of the interconnected and overlapping food chains in an ecosystem
- 14. different species in which one organism lives on or in the other organism