Across
- 2. Cycle that summarizes how water flows through our environment
- 3. The rate at which materials move between reservoirs
- 7. A feedback loop in which output of one type acts as input that moves the system in the same direction.
- 9. An essential service an ecosystem provides that supports life and makes economic activity possible.
- 11. elements of ecosystems mix
- 12. The structural sphere that encompasses all water.
- 13. The process of nutrient over-enrichment, blooms of algae, increased production of organic matter, decomposition, and hypoxia.
Down
- 1. The rate in which production occurs
- 4. The tendency of a system to maintain constant or stable internal conditions
- 5. A network of relationships among parts, elements, or components that interact with and influence one another through the exchange of energy, matter, or information.
- 6. The study of how landscape structure affects the abundance, distribution, and interaction of organisms.
- 8. a reservoir that releases more than it accepts
- 10. A feedback loop in which output of one type acts as input that moves the system in the opposite direction.