Chapter 2 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. area populated by grasses and other nonwoody plants
  2. 6. the weather pattern in an area
  3. 8. the slow motion of the continents
  4. 12. species that are carried to a new location
  5. 15. land ecosystems with similar climates and organsims
  6. 16. an area that receives less than 25 centimeters of precipitation
  7. 18. layer of shorter plants that grow in the shade of a canopy
  8. 19. a leafy roof formed by tall trees in a forest
Down
  1. 1. a diagram that shows the amount energy that moves
  2. 2. soil that is frozen all year
  3. 4. area between the highest high-tide and the lowest low-tide
  4. 5. tree that sheds its leaves and grows new ones each year
  5. 7. the study of where organisms live
  6. 8. tree that produces its seeds in cones and needle-shaped leaves
  7. 9. the changes that happen to nitrogen gas
  8. 10. region of shallow ocean water over the continental shelf
  9. 11. extremely cold,dry biome
  10. 13. grassland close to the equator that gets as much as 120 centimeters of rain
  11. 14. the movement of organisms from one place to another
  12. 17. habitat in which fresh water meets salt water