Across
- 3. a living component of an ecosystem
- 4. An organism or plant that is able to produce there own food
- 5. the purposeful clearing of forested land for reasonson such as farming, grazing or building infrastructure
- 6. the water on or surrounding the surface of the globe, including the water of the oceans and the water in the atmosphere
- 8. a community of interacting organisms and their environment
- 9. A succession of organisms in an ecosystem that are linked to each other through the transfer of energy and nutrients through food
- 11. An organism that obtains food by feeding on other organisms
- 13. the long-term heating of Earth's climate system
- 14. to harvest something excessively and especially to a harmful degree
- 15. a non-living part of an ecosystem that shapes its environment. for example; temperature, light, and water
- 16. the rigid, rocky outer layer of the Earth, consisting of the crust and the solid outermost layer of the upper mantle.
Down
- 1. The transformation of land once suitable for farming into desert
- 2. The parts of the land, sea, and atmosphere in which organisms are able to live
- 4. the process by which plants use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to create oxygen and energy in the form of sugar
- 7. The interconnected and overlapping food chains in an ecosystem make up a...
- 10. the layers of gases surrounding a planet
- 12. an organism that causes ecological or economic harm in a new environment where it is not native