Ecology & Environment Crossword Puzzles

a process that releases energy from organic molecules in the absence of oxygen, the interacting parts of a biological community & its environment, …

makes up 78% of earth's atmosphere, the second most abundant gas in earth's atmosphere, the measure of the force of air molecules on a surface, lowest …

organisms that become established outside of their native range, symbiosis where both species benefit, two or more species that fight for a resource, …

the breakdown of rock results from chemical change in the rock, commonly known as "rust". it occurs when oxygen combines with another …

the saltwater (ocean) biome is the _ of all biomes, freshwater - _ are plants common to all these bodies of water, saltwater - in the deeper water, …

the living things and nonliving things in an area, an organism that uses the sun’s energy to make its own food, an animal that eats other organisms …

the atmospheric layer in which weather occurs, _ layer, protects the earth from most of the sun's uv rays, the falling of water from clouds is known …

the process of making air, water, soil, etc. dirty; the state of being dirty, one of the large land masses of the earth such as europe, asia or …

not capable of being decomposed by bacteria or other living organisms, any substance or object that is discarded or intended to be discarded, a site …

many food chains, eats only meat, collects energy from the sun, consumes other organisms, role an organism has, biological community and abiotic …

large natural flow of water that moves toward a larger body of water like a lake or ocean, salt water with salinity levels between 32-35ppt, water …

point on the earth´s surface above the focus of an earthquake, type of graph that shows how quickly a river responds to a rainfall event, a tidal …

feeding relationships among various organisms in an ecosystem, combined portions of earth in which all life exists, soil bacteria convert nitrates …

pellets of frozen rain which fall in showers from cumulonimbus clouds, cumulus clouds are the puffy clouds that look like puffs of cotton, a tool that …

the clearing of forests on a massive scale, the process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of deforestation, the reduction in …

the envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet, the lowest region of the atmosphere, extending from the earth's surface, the layer …

amount of material something can hold, big, puffy clouds, filled to capacity, instrument used to find relative humidity, line on a weather map that …

a large mammal with a trunk, found in savannahs and forests, an area covered in trees and undergrowth, an area covered with water, home to fish and …

a living thing that is not an animal, the living place for an animal or a plant, the genes from the mother and father are combined to make a new life, …

the instrument that helps us determine the speed that the air is moving, at higher altitudes, air pressure _ because there are fewer air molecules …

when water seeps into cracks, then freezes, we call it this, these mountains in the us are very smooth and eroded, physical feature of earth's …

beneath the emergent layer is the _ , a deep layer of vegetation roughly six meters (20 feet) thick, producers, such as trees in borneo's thick …

the state of the atmosphere at a particular place and time, example of a vascular plant, lack of precipitation, a change or slight difference in …

a type of pollution caused by cars and factories, you can do this to old paper to make new paper, a natural resource that needs to be conserved, a …

the uppermost layer of vegetation in terrestrial biome, a narrow stratum of rapid temperature change in the ocean and lakes, a terrestrial biome at …

able to be broken down by living organisms such as bacteria, which is then safe for the environment, describing a state in which carbon dioxide …

the location in which an organism lives, the coloring or patterns on an animal's body that allow it to blend in with its environment, all of the …

the place where animals and or plant species live, a great variety of plants and animals that live in the same environment, the process by which an …

where 1 organism benefits and the other gets nothing, where the weather changes from hot to cold, all non living factors present in an ecosystem, …

a private room on a ship where you can sleep, to find your way on the sea, last name of the first man who traveled from europe to asia by sea, type of …