Succession

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Across
  1. 3. a factor that could cause primary succession
  2. 5. any event that disrupts the structure of an ecosystem
  3. 8. one of the first organisms to develop in succession
  4. 9. process where fungi and bacteria break down dead organisms in an environment
  5. 12. usually develop after grasses in succession
  6. 14. small organism that can affect other organisms in succession
  7. 15. when a population of animals or plants are stable in their environment
  8. 16. variety of life within a ecosystem
  9. 17. the basis for primary succession
  10. 19. slow-growing plant that typically forms a low crusty, leaflike, or branching growth on rocks, walls, and trees
  11. 20. changes of an environment over time
  12. 22. develop after shrubs in succession
  13. 23. growth of an environment from an already established area
Down
  1. 1. a species that holds the ecosystem together
  2. 2. develop in late stages of succession
  3. 4. growth of an environment from a barren surface
  4. 6. a living species within an environment
  5. 7. a species that is not living an environment
  6. 10. later stages of succession. Is over the understory
  7. 11. species that is the first to colonize in a new barren area
  8. 13. basis for secondary succession
  9. 18. when the ecosystem is all balanced
  10. 21. one of the first stages of succession. Is under large trees