Environmental Science Chapter 2 Vocab

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Across
  1. 3. Group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms
  2. 4. An area that is populated mostly by grasses and other non woody plants
  3. 5. Area that receives less then 25 cm of rain per year
  4. 9. The process of changing free nitrogen into a usable form of nitrogen.
  5. 11. Below the low tide line, region of shallow water
  6. 12. Frozen soil
  7. 13. Below the canopy, a second layer of shorter trees and vines
  8. 14. Tall trees that form a leafy roof
  9. 16. Trees that produce their seeds in cones and have leaves shaped like needles
  10. 19. Typical weather patterns of an area
Down
  1. 1. The movement of organisms from one place to another
  2. 2. Trees that shed their leaves and grow new ones each year
  3. 3. study of where organisms live
  4. 6. The very slow slow motion of the continents
  5. 7. Receives as much as 120 cm of rain each year
  6. 8. Shows the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another in a food web
  7. 10. Area between the highest high tide line and lowest low tide line
  8. 15. An organism that is carried into a new location by people
  9. 17. Where fresh water of a river meets the ocean
  10. 18. Extremely cold and dry biome