Chapter 3 Communties, Ecosystems, and Crossword

a group of interacting populations that occupy the same area at the same time
the ability of any organism to survive when subjected to abiotic and biotic factors
any abiotic factors or biotic factors that restricts the numbers, reproduction of distribution of organisms
the condition of the atmosphere at a specific place and time
the distance of any point on the surface of the earth north or south from the equator
the average weather conditions in an area including temperature,precipitation, and how the environment is
a biome characterized by cold weather and low growing plants and animals
a biome that has many deciduous trees which drop their leaves in the fall
places where grasses predominate over trees and shrubs
forsaven, without life, no rain, wastes, wild
are grass dominated ecosystems with scattered shrubs and trees
an ecology or ecosystem composed of mainly vegetation where the trees are closely spaced
any particulate matter that can be transported by fluid flow
the process by which the structure of a biological community evolves over time
the orderly and predictable series of events through which a stable ecosystem forms
a term for animals, plants, trees etc, in which over time, vegetation grows through development of the ecosystem
the process relating to community growth or change
earth's most common and overall largest land based biome
land that is covered with trees and shrubs
a forest that grows in regions with marked dry regions
includes areas of ocean extending to the ends of the continental shelf
the most photosynthetically active zone of a lake since it is the primary habitat for plankton
small plants or animals floating or drifting slowly swimming in bodies of fresh and salt water
a deep zone of an inland body of freestanding water, located below the effective light penetration
a partially enclosed body of water that forms when freshwater enters the ocean