Staar Crossword

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Across
  1. 6. to cause damage
  2. 8. a condition that results in a change to the biotic or abiotic factors of an ecosystem
  3. 12. automatic behaviors that are inherited
  4. 13. a community of interacting living organisms and the physical environment that they live in
  5. 14. helpful
  6. 16. the introduction of a substance that can have harmful effects on the environment
  7. 17. a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals
Down
  1. 1. something an organism learns to do as they interact in their world
  2. 2. a characteristic that is passed from the parent to offspring
  3. 3. multiple populations of different organisms that are all able to consistently meet their needs
  4. 4. nonliving things within an ecosystem
  5. 5. living or once living things within an ecosystem
  6. 7. the surroundings or conditions in which an organism must survive
  7. 9. continue living
  8. 10. a model of all the cycling of matter and flow of energy in an ecosystem
  9. 11. what a part or group of parts of an organism does, how it works
  10. 15. a part or group of parts of an organism