Across
- 1. average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time
- 2. solid rocky part of the earth
- 7. the amount of a type of animal that lives in the same ecosystem
- 9. large region characterized by a specific type of climate
- 10. part of the earth made of dense liquid
- 11. composed of mostly minerals from parent material
- 12. an individual living thing
- 13. one of the steps in a food chain or food pyramid
- 15. lining things in a environment
- 16. place where an organism usually lives
- 17. scientist use this to learn about the earth
- 20. holding capicity of water in soil
- 22. change over time
- 23. what plants grow in
Down
- 1. organism that eats other organisms or organic matter
- 3. something that creates better nutrient supply
- 4. the ability of an organism to tolerate a particular chemical designed to kill it
- 5. part of the earth made of nickel and iron
- 6. group of different spieces that live together in the same place and interact with each other
- 8. diagram that shows the feeding relationships between organisms in an ecosystem
- 14. non-living things in a environment
- 18. transfer of energy as a heat through a material
- 19. community of organisms and their abiotic environment
- 21. Composed of mostly sand and silt particles