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Can you perform MEMORY MAGIC? Work this crossword puzzle to see how much you remember about ecological communities.
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1. All members of an ecological community need ENERGY to survive.

2. A VIRUS is a member of the human body's ecological community. If we have too many of them, we usually get sick.

3. Iron ORE is a natural resource that helps make steel. It is not renewable.

4. A TREE is Earth's only renewable, recyclable, biodegradable resource.

5. The environment is our ecological HOUSE. It is called "oikos" in Greek.

7. This Greek word means "the study of ". Along with #15 across, it helps make our word "ecology". LOGOS

9. The success of the COMMUNITY depends on the success of the individuals that are part of it.

10. Individuals change in response to FEEDBACK information from their environment.

Aross:

1. The conditions or elements that surround an ecological community or its members is called the ENVIRONMENT.

6. This bird hunts mice at night. Foresters work hard to protect it in California's forests. OWL

8. The small rodents that are a food of owls are MICE.

11. The study of how plants and animals interact with their environment is ECOLOGY.

12. For a whale, the OCEAN is its ecological community.

13. A famous California naturalist was John MUIR.

14. An ecological community changes because of changes in its members. We call this process "natural BALANCE".

15. The Greek word for "house" is OIKOS. Together with #7 down, it helps from our word "ecology".

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