Across |
2. | illustrates one possibility for the shift of energy between organisms |
6. | the area an organism lives in |
7. | the gradual development of a community over time |
8. | too much waste in an environment to be successfully eliminated |
10. | maximum population size an environment can support long-term |
13. | when a new environment develops into a habitable place for the first time |
15. | each step in a food chain or food web |
18. | factor that restricts the number, distribution, or reproduction of a population |
20. | symbiotic relationship where both species benefit |
24. | breaks down organic matter into simpler compounds |
25. | a limiting factor that has different effects depending on the density of a population |
26. | process by which toxic material get more concentrated as they move up the food chain |
29. | autotrophs |
30. | the act of a predator eating prey |
31. | made up of the living and nonliving components of the environment |
32. | organisms that get their energy by eating other organisms |