Emma's Fabulous Science Crossword Chap 2

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Across
  1. 3. group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms
  2. 5. consumers that eat only plants
  3. 7. changing free nitrogen into a usable form of nitrogen
  4. 9. trees that produce their seeds in cones and have leaves shaped like needles
  5. 10. consists of many overlapping food chains in an ecosystem
  6. 11. shows amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another in a food web
  7. 12. gas changing to a liquid
  8. 16. the area between the highest high-tide and line and the lowest low-tide line
  9. 20. organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms
  10. 22. consumers that eat only animals
  11. 23. the typical weather pattern in an area over a long period of time
  12. 24. a leafy roof formed by tall trees in a forest
  13. 25. area that receives less than 25 centimeters of rain per year
  14. 26. soil that is frozen all year
  15. 27. where the fresh water of a river meets the salt water of the ocean
  16. 28. the movement of organisms from one place to another
  17. 29. consumers that eat plants and animals
  18. 30. break down wastes and dead organisms and return the raw materials to the ecosystem
Down
  1. 1. a carnivore that feeds on dead organisms
  2. 2. series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy
  3. 4. grassland close to the equator receiving as much as 120 centimeters of rain per year
  4. 6. the very slow motion of the continents
  5. 8. organism that makes its own food
  6. 13. the region of shallow ocean water over the continental shelf
  7. 14. layer of shorter plants growing under the canopy
  8. 15. the study of where organisms live
  9. 17. extremely cold and dry biome
  10. 18. trees that shed their leaves and grow new ones each year
  11. 19. an organism carried into a new location by people
  12. 21. area that is populated by grasses and other non-woody plants