Terrestrial Ecology Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST: population : all of the individuals of one species living at one location at one time, biome : large swath or region defined by shared climate and distance from equator, trophic cascade : phenomenon where the addition or subtraction of one organism, often the keystone species, has a ripple effect throughout the ecosystem, plants : autotrophic producers, symbiosis : umbrella inter-species interaction that includes mutualism, parasitism, and commensalism, adaptation : a physical trait or behavior that improves survivability in an environment, autotroph : photosynthetic organism, keystone : species that plays a central and integral link in a food web between trophic levels, detritivore : an animal which feeds on dead organic material, especially plant detritus, producer : base of the ecosystem. fizescarbon, heterotrophs : can not produce their own food, trophic level : in a food web or food chain, the stairstep of organisms that eat the same type of foods, chemotroph : synthesize their food from inorganic sources such as the sulfur at deep sea vents, biosphere : spaceship earth, ecosystem : biotic + abiotic in one location, volcanism : source of chemosynthetic life, decomposer : an organism, especially a soil bacterium, fungus, or invertebrate, that recycles organic material, micro climate : small changes in light, moisture and temperature that create niches, limiting factor : abiotic aspect such as temperature, thats' variance determines the survival of an organism, community : all of the organisms, biota, living on one vicinity, niche : a component of an ecosystem inhabited by one species. includes habitat, food, and behavior, scavenger : an animal that feeds on carrion, dead plant material, or refuse.