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1.4.5 Environmental Factors Crossword
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1. The amount of water vapour in the air,
usually expressed as a percentage (8)
3. Refers or relates to life or living things
or the living environment, consisting of
plants, animals, bacteria and fungi (6)
7. Any animal that carries pollen from one
flower to another, thus helping the plant
to reproduce (10)
8. An organism that causes a disease (8)
9. The physical, chemical and biological
characteristics of the soil that influence
the community (7)
10. An organism that lives in competition
with another (10)
11. An animal that is hunted and killed by
another animal for food (4)
12. Dead and decaying plant or animal
material, organic matter (5)
2. An organism which feeds on and
breaks down the dead remains of
organisms and excreta into simpler
substances (10)
4. Elements of the weather that influence
the life and distribution of the
organisms that live in a particular
environment (8,7)
5. Brightness of solar radiation (5,9)
6. The non-living features of an
ecosystem (i.e. the physical and
chemical conditions) that affect the
community (7)
7. Animal that hunts, captures and kills
other animals for food (8)
8. Organism that lives in or on another
organism (the host) from which it
derives its nourishment and causes it
harm (8)
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