Populations & Energy Flow Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST: densitydependent:factors such as food, water and shelter that can affect a population based on the size of , the population, density:the population _ is the number of individuals in a given area, carryingcapacity:the largest population which can be supported long-term, logistic:a population model in which exponential growth is limited by its carrying capacity, population:members of one species grouped in one place at one time, growthrate:change in population's number divided by change in time, indpendent: density _ factors, such as weather and climate, affect population regardless of size, exponential:steady growth that when graphed represents a j-shaped curve, decomposers:these organisms, like mushrooms, cause decay by breaking down materials into raw elements, trophic: an assigned level found in a food chain energy pyramid, autotrophs:organisms capable of producing their own food using the sunlight, ten:only _ percent of energy is passed on from one organism to another throughout the trophic levels, abiotic:physical factors that can affect the ecosystem (i.e, weather and climate), species: individuals that can breed with one another, population:species that live together in the same place at the same time, heterotrophs: organisms that rely on other organisms in order to obtain their energy, biotic:living factors found within an ecosystem