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