Evolution, Biodiversity, Population Ecology Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST: landscape: _ ecology explains how ecosystems, communities, and populations are distributed in geographic regions, population: _ ecology studies the distribution and abundance of individuals, organismal: _ ecology studies the relationship of individuals and their environment, ecology: study of interactions among organisms and their environment, habitat: the environment where an organism lives, specialist: organisms with a specific niche, carrying: _ capacity is the maximum population size an environment can sustain, biosphere: the total living things in the areas they inhabit, mass: _ extinction events kill massive numbers of species at once, ecosystem: _ ecology studies biotic and abiotic components to see patterns, niche: an organism's functional role in community, community: _ ecology focuses on patterns of species diversity and interactions, generalist: organisms with a broad niche, endemic: _ species exist only in a specialized area and are susceptible to extinction, background: _ extinction rate occurs slowly and one species at a time.