Chapter 18: Biomes

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Across
  1. 5. split into two groups based on water flow; lakes are an ex.
  2. 7. biome with long winters short summers; also called taiga
  3. 8. all the habitable parts of the world
  4. 11. four seasons; mild temps; trees lose thier leaves
  5. 13. in between forests and grasslands; found in much of Africa and S. America
  6. 14. study of interactions between living and nonliving things
  7. 15. nonliving things in an environment
  8. 16. the role an organism plays in an ecosystem
  9. 18. Mediterranean climate
  10. 20. habitable regions of atmopshere
  11. 21. northernmost biome with permafrost; arctic and alpine
Down
  1. 1. hot and rainy biome; 170 cm- 400 inches each year
  2. 2. covers about 70% of earth
  3. 3. biomes that recieve very little water; can be hot or cold
  4. 4. an organism's natural environment
  5. 6. small parts of the biosphere with similar climates and organisms
  6. 9. all the parts of earth with water
  7. 10. gradual change caused by increasing elevation
  8. 12. living things in an environment
  9. 17. a limited area in which living and nonliving things interact.
  10. 19. also called prairies or plains; found in interiors of continents