Crossword Puzzle : Chapter 4

The ability to survive and reproduce under a range of environmental circumstances
The general place where an organism lives
Defined by year after year patterns of temperature and precipitation
Environmental conditions can vary over small distances, creating?
The range of physical and biological conditions in which a species lives and the way the species obtains what It needs to survive and reproduce
Any necessity of life, such as water, nutrients, light, food, or space
__________ helps determine the number of kinds of species in a community and the niche each species occupies
_____ can affect the size of prey populations in a community and determine the places prey can live and feed
An interaction in which one animal (The predator) captures and feeds us on another animal open (the prey) Is called…
An interaction in which one animal (the herbivore) feeds on producers (such as plants) is called ....
Any relationship in which two species live closely together is called ________ , Which means “living together”
Relationship between species in which both benefit is known as…
Non-living
Living organisms
Sunlight region near the surface in which photosynthesis can occur is known as the ___________
Below the photic zone is the dark ______________ , where Photosynthesis cannot occur
Organisms that live on, or in, rocks and sediments on the bottom of lakes, streams, and oceans are called _________
A _________ Is an ecosystem in which water either covers this soil or is present at or near The surface for at least part of the year
Is a special kind of wetland, forms were a river meets the sea
______________ ecosystems can be divided into three main categories: rivers and streams, lakes and ponds, And freshwater wetlands
Ecologists typically divide the ocean into _______