Across
- 2. a region's long-term weather pattern, usually tracked for at least 30 years
- 4. the act of leaving one's own country to settle permanently in another
- 7. the branch of biology
- 9. variable in a system that causes a noticeable change in output or another measure of a type of system
- 10. its position in a food web
- 11. a biological community of interacting organisms
- 14. the concentration of toxins in an organism as a result of its ingesting other plants or animals
- 15. an association between two organisms in which one benefits and the other derives
- 16. an organism that obtains energy and nutrients from other organisms
- 17. the action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country
- 18. a person who purchases goods and services for personal use
- 20. the first step of ecological succession that occurs after a major disturbance
- 22. the doctrine that mutual dependence is necessary to social well-being
- 23. the practice of living as a parasite
- 25. long-term interaction between two organisms of different species
Down
- 1. an organism, especially a soil bacterium, fungus
- 3. the role an organism plays in a community
- 5. an association between two organisms in which one benefits and the other derives neither benefit nor harm
- 6. a living organism that shapes its environment
- 8. harmful materials into the environment
- 12. an organism that helps define an entire ecosystem
- 13. a non-living part of an ecosystem that shapes its environment
- 19. a geographical region with a specific climate
- 21. a group of people living in the same place
- 24. the different nutrient processes in an environment
