Across
- 7. a phenomenon in which a species' population becomes larger than the carrying capacity of its environment.
- 9. those that live in a limited area
- 11. area classified according to the species that live in that locationdeforestation
- 12. the variety of life on Earth at all its levels, from genes to ecosystems
- 14. A hydrothermal vent is a fissure on the seabed from which geothermally heated water discharges
- 17. relating to light, especially as an agent of chemical change or physiological response
- 19. the “endpoint” of succession within the context of a particular climate and geography.
Down
- 1. Primary succession is the beginning step of ecological succession after an extreme disturbance,
- 2. occurs when an amount of any substance or any form of energy is put into the environment at a rate faster than it can be dispersed or safely stored
- 3. water body containing fresh and salt water
- 4. a system of interlocking and interdependent food chains.
- 5. Pioneer species are hardy species that are the first to colonize barren environments
- 6. relating to water
- 8. a land region on the earth's surface covered by biological communities that group under the same climatic patterns like rainfall and temperature.
- 10. Secondary succession is the secondary ecological succession of a plant's life.
- 13. an organism that helps define an entire ecosystem
- 15. Global warming is the long-term heating of Earth's surface observed since the pre-industrial period
- 16. deep zone in ocean too deep to produce photosynthesis
- 18. a composite organism that arises from algae