Biome Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 4. A subartic biome with pine leaf trees that keep their leaves all year round
  2. 5. An organisim that is hunted by other organisims for food
  3. 6. An organisim that breaks down dead organisims and recycles them back into the earth
  4. 11. A more tropical grassland with scattered trees and wet seasons
  5. 16. A (sometimes) hot and extreme biome with little water and scarce resources
  6. 17. A salt water biome that takes up about 75% of earths surface
  7. 18. A biome that recieves a lot of rain and is the most diverse out of all the biomes
  8. 19. The main source of energy for everything on earth
  9. 20. Living factor in an enviroment
  10. 21. When both species benefit from one another
  11. 23. An organisim that creates its own food using photosynthesis and energy from the sun
  12. 24. A water biome that has low salinity and only takes up about 3% of earths water. Streams, rivers and ponds are examples.
Down
  1. 1. Any organisim that eats (consumes) another organisim
  2. 2. All abiotic and biotic factors in the living world. Every biome on the planet is containted here.
  3. 3. When one species benefits and the other is unaffected
  4. 7. When one species benefits and one gets hurt (the host)
  5. 8. A single living thing
  6. 9. An evoloutionary trait developed to help animals better survive in their specific biome
  7. 10. A permanent layer of ice in arctic biomes
  8. 12. Nonliving factor in an enviroment
  9. 13. A flat, hilly biome full of grasses that only gets little rain
  10. 14. An organisim that hunts for their food
  11. 15. A forest biome that loses it's leaves in the fall and has four distinct seasons
  12. 19. An organisim that eats the leftover remains of a dead animal
  13. 22. A harsh, cold, icy biome with little to know vegetation. It has low lying mosses and permafrost