Antarctica Review (Lesson #1 and #2)

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Across
  1. 3. a flowering plant in Antarctica
  2. 4. what scientists are most concerned about with climate change
  3. 6. how many miles thick is the ice on Antarctica
  4. 8. the temperature in degrees that is considered freezing
  5. 9. this mountain is the highest point in Antarctica
  6. 12. coldest and dryest continent on Earth
  7. 14. when an ice piece breaks apart from the ice shelf
  8. 15. one of the three plants that grow in Antarctica
  9. 16. last name of one of the two first explorers to find Antarctica
  10. 17. a type of crab an interesting "creature"
  11. 19. organism that grows on rocky surfaces in Antarctica
  12. 21. a flowering plant in Antarctica
Down
  1. 1. a type of penguin an interesting "creature"
  2. 2. tiny organisms floating near the water's surface
  3. 5. last name of one of the two first explorers to find Antarctica
  4. 7. the center of Antarctica
  5. 10. Antarctica covers ?? percent of the Earth's surface
  6. 11. Antarctica is nicknamed the _?_ continent
  7. 12. another name for a "treaty"
  8. 13. one of the three plants that grow in Antarctica
  9. 18. this solid substance is what Antarctica is mostly made of
  10. 20. tiny crustaceans that whales love to eat
  11. 22. a gas in the atmosphere that absorbs radiation from the sun