Unit 5 Vocabulary Quiz Crossword
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
 
 
Down: 1) An animal that hunts or kills other animals for food2) a renewable energy source made from living or recently living organisms (an alternate fuel source)3) A factor present in an environment that controls a process, particularly the growth, abundance or distribution of a population of organisms in an ecosystem4) maximum population size of the species that the environment can sustain, given the food, habitat, water and other necessities available in the environment5) inactivity in animals, characterized by lower body temperature, slower breathing, and/or lower metabolic rate6) The first organism in a food chain that consumes producers7) producers use light energy from the Sun, carbon dioxide from the air and water from the soil to produce food - in the form of glucose/sugar8) the amount of an item within an area. The more the amount the more dense the area.9) process by which organic material is broken down into simpler forms of matter12) The organism that consumes the primary consumer. It is either an omnivore or a carnivore13) an organism will change or evolve in order to survive within a new situation or area17) Organisms (bacteria and fungi) which feed on decaying matter19) produce their own food by photosynthesis23) the position or function of an organism in a community of plants and animals Across: 10) the position an organism occupies in a food chain11) All biotic (living) and abiotic (nonliving) factors that interact within an area14) large area within the earth that holds certain animals, plants, and has a certain climate. Each biome contains many ecosystems15) The beginning stage of an area or habitat lacking soil where lichen, algae and fungus as well as other abiotic factors like wind and water start to "normalize" the habitat16) Having a certain aspect that allows you to adjust to a certain area or live in that certain area18) the final stage of a community in which populations of plants or animals remain stable and exist in balance with each other and their environment unless destroyed by an event such as a fire20) Group of organisms of one species that interbreed and live in the same place at the same time.21) stability; to be equal between two or more factors22) Shows multiple feeding relationships in an ecosystem. A food web shows the flow of energy from one organism to another24) an organism that populates a region after a natural disaster or any other event that may have caused most life in that area to disappear (the first)25) group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring (the same organism)
 

 

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