Snowday Review

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Across
  1. 5. Simplified design to show the structure or workings of an object, system, or concept
  2. 6. system: A functional entity that continuously interacts with it's environment s
  3. 7. system: A physical or thermodynamic boundary that exchanges neither matter nor energy with its surroundings
  4. 8. Matter or energy ENTERING the system
  5. 10. Where Biosphere II was created
  6. 13. feedback: A process where the output of a system acts to intensify or amplify the initial stimulus
  7. 14. The designated area separating the system from its surroundings
  8. 15. The stock of matter or energy within a system
  9. 16. the movement of matter or energy from one storage to another, or into/out of the system
Down
  1. 1. A functional unit of ecology where living organisms interact with each other and their non-living environment
  2. 2. The theory that Earth is a self-regulating organism
  3. 3. system: A natural system that doesn't allow transfer or matter in or out of the system
  4. 4. feedback: A self-regulating control mechanism in which a system's output acts to reduce or dampen the original stimulus
  5. 9. point: Critical threshold in a system or process
  6. 11. Matter or energy EXITING the system
  7. 12. Large, distinct geographical areas/regions