Across
- 3. Variety of organisms within an ecosystem
- 4. The maximum population number for a specific population in an environment
- 6. _______ can spread rapidly within a population and influence carrying capacity in dense populations
- 9. Specific role of an organism within an ecosystem
- 10. Organisms introduced into a new area that out-compete native organisms for resources
- 13. Group of organisms of the same species, influenced by resource availability
- 16. Interaction of biotic and abiotic factors within an area
- 18. ______ can greatly impact carrying capacity of populations through actions like climate change and deforestation
- 19. The inter-dependent relationships between organisms in an environment
- 20. one organism hunts and kills another organism for food
Down
- 1. Abiotic factor in an environment including temperature, humidity, precipitation & sunlight
- 2. Difference in success with obtaining resources for organisms in an environment
- 5. Non-living factors used within an ecosystem
- 7. The type of growth demonstrated by invasive species
- 8. Things that are competed upon within an ecosystem
- 11. ______ is cycled throughout ecosystems through producers, consumers and decomposers
- 12. Populations at their carrying capacity will have equal _____ and death rates
- 14. A population will reach its carrying capacity if resources are _______
- 15. Invasive species often have a low _____ rate because of their ability to out-compete native organisms
- 17. Living factors which interact within an ecosystem