Answer Key Crossword

A characteristic that improves an organism's chance to survive in a particular habitat
Readily decomposing by natural biological processes
The total number of animals a given area is able to support
A group of living things which are generally found together within an ecosystem
An organism that feeds on living materials
Series of continuous change which return to a starting point
Most active during day
Plants and animals that are in danger of becoming extinct
The ability to work
Everything that surrounds an organism
The wearing away of earth or rock by various agents or forces
A personal or social moral code
A break in earth's crust where one side moves against the other, resulting in an earthquake
The passage of chemical energy from producers to consumers
A system of interconnected food chains
An arrangement of food, water, shelter, and space suitable to an organism's needs
Animals without a backbone
Tribe of Indians who roamed from coast to desert
A series of significant changes in appearance and body structure in an organism's life cycle
The imitation of one organism of another organism.
Materials found in nature that are used by people.
An organism's place or role on its natural community
Natural resources that do not replenish themselves readily
A consumer which eats both plants and animals
The process by which green plants utilize sunlight to make food from carbon dioxide and water
The number of particular species in a defined area
Referring to the forces within the earth that case the movement of the crust resulting in earthquakes, volcanoes, faulting, and other geologic events
Animals that are killed and eaten by other animals
A plant that uses the sun's energy to produce food through photosynthesis
A specific arrangement of color in an organism which increases its surviving chances
An animals that feeds on dead plants or animals
Living on land
Animals with backbones
The chemical decomposition of rocks caused by weather
An organism that breaks down or decomposes materials into simpler forms
A resource that can be replaced in a relatively short time