Organisms and Environments Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 4. the environment where an organism lives
  2. 5. the first species to occupy a new ecosystem or habitat
  3. 8. many overlapping food chains linked together
  4. 10. a series of predictable changes that occur over time in an area where no ecosystem previously existed
  5. 11. an organism that is able to make its own food through the process of photosynthesis
  6. 14. shows the path of energy from one organism to another
  7. 16. a series of events that occur after a disturbance in an existing ecosystem
Down
  1. 1. a series of predictable changes that occur in a community over time
  2. 2. any living thing
  3. 3. all of the same type of organisms living in the same environment
  4. 6. the variety of all living organisms in an ecosystem
  5. 7. the quality of not being harmful to the environment or depleting natural resources which supports long-term ecological balance
  6. 9. the surroundings/area where an organism lives
  7. 12. an organism that gets its energy from eating other organisms
  8. 13. a community in which populations of plants or animals remain stable and exist in balance with each other and their environment
  9. 15. the living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem
  10. 17. a distinct group of animals or plants that have common characteristics and can breed with each other