Environmental Science Quiz

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Across
  1. 3. It means "North Wind"
  2. 5. Benefits humans receive from nature
  3. 7. Coastal area where freshwater mixes with ocean saltwater
  4. 9. Services involving things obtained directly from nature
  5. 14. Fungi and bacteria that break down dead organisms and recycle nutrients
  6. 15. One of the seasons experienced by temperate forests
  7. 17. Land where soil is saturated with water for part or all of the year
  8. 18. Forest ecosystem with mild to moderate climate and four distinct seasons
  9. 19. Process performed by bees and insects that is listed as a regulating service
Down
  1. 1. Linear sequence showing how energy flows from one organism to another
  2. 2. Describes an ecosystem that exists on land
  3. 4. Water that is a mixture of fresh and salt water
  4. 6. Warm ecosystem with seasonal rainfall, grasses, scattered trees, and shrubs
  5. 8. Cold, treeless ecosystem found in Arctic regions and high mountains
  6. 9. Frozen ground found in the tundra
  7. 10. Describes trees such as pine, spruce, and fir that dominate taiga forests
  8. 11. Non-material benefits people receive from nature
  9. 12. Services involving natural processes that regulate the environment
  10. 13. Community of living things interacting with each other and their nonliving environment
  11. 16. The amount of saltiness in an aquatic ecosystem