Across
- 3. a source of which there is an endless supply because it can be replenished
- 7. a natural substance that is not replenished with the speed at which it is consumed
- 8. the complete disappearance of a species
- 11. consist of all the food chains in a single ecosystem
- 15. a species average population size in a particular habitat
- 18. living things within an ecosystem such as plants and animals
- 19. anything constrains a populations size and slows or stops it from growing
- 20. the process by which food is made by bacteria or other living things using chemicals as the energy source typically in the absence of sunlight
Down
- 1. the process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize food from carbon dioxide and water
- 2. the long term warming of the planet
- 4. an organism that eats plants and animals
- 5. any species that’s in danger of extinction
- 6. an organism such a earthworms or a fungus that feeds on dead and decomposing organic matter
- 9. describes the process in which carbon atoms travel from the atmosphere to the earth back to the atmosphere
- 10. the non living factors in an environment such as light or water
- 12. a group of organisms linked in order of the food the eat
- 13. an animal establishes a home in a habitat because it has resources it can utilize or because the habitat is ideal for them
- 14. the ability to do work
- 16. an introduced nonnative organism that has the potential to do harm to the environment
- 17. organisms of a species living together in a group at a particular place
