This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Ecology & Evolution has 24 clues. Answers range from 5 to 16 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
Factors that effects which organisms can live in a biome.
A living factor that effects the population of other organisms in their environment.
An inherited trait that improves an individuals ability to survive and reproduce in a particular environment.
A large region characterized by a specific type of climate and certain types of plant and animal communities.
The weather conditions in an area over a long period of time.
A region found at far northern and far southern latitudes characterized by low-lying plants, lack of trees, and long winters with very low temperatures.
A region of evergreen, coniferous forest below the arctic and subarctic tundra regions.
Trees that have evergreen, needle-like leaves and keeps it leaves/needles throughout the winter.
A region characterized by by a very dry climate and extreme temperatures.
A region that is dominated with grasses, that has few woody shrubs and trees, that has fertile soil, and that receives moderate amounts of seasonal rainfall.
Trees that loose their leaves at the end of the growing season.
An area of land that is periodically underwater or whose soil contains a great deal of moisture.
A group of organisms of the same species that live in a specific geographical area.
The largest population that en environment can support at any given time.
An environmental factor that prevents an organism or population from reaching it's full potential of size or activity.
When two or more organisms rely on the same environmental resource.
An interaction between two or more living things in which they are said to work together.
What occurs when individuals join a population.
What occurs when individuals leave a population.
An increase in the amount of nutrients , such as nitrates, in a marine or aquatic ecosystem.
The replacement of one type of community by another at a single location over a long period of time.
A species that colonizes an uninhabited area and that starts a process of succession.
The number and variety of organisms in a given are during a specific period of time.
Well adapted species that dominates an ecosystem.