Biomes, Ecosystems, and Scientific Processes

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Across
  1. 3. warm year round with rain in spring
  2. 6. Organisms that live in a place, together with their physical environment
  3. 8. Temperate ________ has seeds that need fire to grow
  4. 11. warm and wet year round, with tall trees
  5. 13. Freshwater area that purifies water and prevents flooding
  6. 16. Group of ecosystems that share similar climates and typical organisms
  7. 19. Biome with permafrost that melts and becomes soggy in cool summers
  8. 20. Forest that is a challenge to stay warm in
  9. 21. Factors that includes any living part of the environment
  10. 22. zone in marine ecosystem where tide covers and uncovers it
Down
  1. 1. Another name for the Tropical Grassland
  2. 2. Group of individuals that belong to the same species
  3. 4. Such as sunlight, heat, precipitation, soil type
  4. 5. Name for a material found in fertile soil made of decaying leaves
  5. 6. Biosphere 1
  6. 7. A variable that nothing is tested on, used as a comparison
  7. 9. The study of how living things interact with their environment
  8. 10. ______ grassland in mid/central US, often used for farms
  9. 12. Name for rain/snow/sleet/hail
  10. 14. Animals here get water from their food and hide during the hot day
  11. 15. means life
  12. 17. Temperate _______ have conifers with needlelike leaves and year round precipitation
  13. 18. Tropical dry forest has rain followed by _________