ENVS Chapter 5 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. A group of ecosystems with similar temperature and rainfall, or salinity and water depth
  2. 5. A temperate grassland with very fertile soil
  3. 6. Native to a place
  4. 7. Living or growing in water
  5. 10. A treeless plain that stays frozen most of the year and receives very little precipitation
  6. 12. Another name for a coniferous forest
Down
  1. 1. The removal of forest ecosystems for land development
  2. 3. Living or growing on land
  3. 4. To pass the winter in a sleeplike condition
  4. 8. The layer formed by the leaves and branches of the forest's tallest trees
  5. 9. A large, grassy biome with few shrubs or trees
  6. 11. The distance north or south of the equator, measured in degrees