Biomes of the World Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. Type of temperate forest with oak, maple, and hickory trees
  2. 7. Plants attached to tree trunks in the tropical rainforest
  3. 9. Free-swimming ocean organisms like fishes, squid, and whales
  4. 10. Major factor that influences organisms living in estuaries
  5. 11. Coldest terrestrial biome; its name means "treeless plain"
  6. 12. Grassland biome of South Africa
Down
  1. 1. Permanently frozen ground found in the tundra
  2. 3. Organisms that live on the ocean floor, like clams and starfish
  3. 4. Large geographic region with a particular climax community
  4. 5. Small organisms floating near the surface and carried by currents
  5. 6. Largest terrestrial biome, also called the boreal forest
  6. 8. Area where freshwater merges with the ocean