BIODIVERSITY QUIZ Crossword
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
 
 
Down: 1) Any morphological, physiological, sensory, developmental, and behavioral change in a character that enhances survival and reproductive success of an organism. Typically adaptation focuses on the process of genetic change within a population resulting from natural selection, whereby the average state of a character becomes better suited to some feature of the environment.2) refers to the range of conditions, such as temperature, salinity, flow rate, and sunlight that an organism can endure before injury or death results.3) the actual number of different species in an area.4)  There are three processes called..... And the Earth system processes operate on a range of scales in terms of time. Across: 5)  A theory affirming that the number of species inhabiting an island is a function of island area and distance from the mainland and is determined by the relationship between immigration and extinction.6) Are two main types of ecological succession7) early successional species commonly move into unoccupied habitat and over time adapt.8) an indirect measure that also takes into account the frequency of occurrence of species (e.g., rare vs. common).9)  A species that through food web or nutrient cycle position has a “disproportionate effect on the persistence of other species” and determines the composition of a biological community.10) May include Hurricanes, Wild Fires, Tsunamis, Volcanic Eruptions etc.
 

 

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