CHAPTER 2

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Across
  1. 3. a leafy roof formed by tall trees in the forest
  2. 4. a tree that produces its seeds in cones and that has needle-shaped leaves
  3. 5. the area between the highest high-tide line and lowest low-tide line
  4. 7. the region of shallow ocean water over the continental shelf
  5. 9. a group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms
  6. 10. an area populated by grasses and other nonwoody plants
  7. 11. a tree that sheds its leaves and grows new ones each year
  8. 12. species that are carried to a new location by people
  9. 15. an organism that can make its own food
  10. 17. a consumer that eats only plants
Down
  1. 1. a layer of shorter plants that grow in the shade of a forest canopy
  2. 2. a habitat in which the fresh water of a river meets the saltwater of the ocean
  3. 3. The typical weather pattern in an area over a long period of time
  4. 4. the very slow motion of the continents
  5. 6. an area that receives less than 25 centimeters of precipitation per year
  6. 8. a consumer that eats only animals
  7. 9. the study of where organisms live
  8. 13. a consumer that eats both plants and animals
  9. 14. soil that is frozen all year
  10. 16. an organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms