Terrestrial Ecology Crossword Puzzle

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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.

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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.