Land Biomes & Aquatic Ecosystems

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Across
  1. 4. trees that lose their leaves at the end of the growing season
  2. 7. a large region characterized by a specific type of climate and certain types of plant and animal communities
  3. 9. a region characterized by a very dry climate and extreme temperatures
  4. 10. a region of evergreen, coniferous forest below the arctic and subarctic tundra regions
  5. 12. the land between high and low tides that includes beaches and rocky shores
Down
  1. 1. any water environment and community of organisms that live there
  2. 2. an area of land that is periodically underwater or whose soil contains a great deal of moisture
  3. 3. cone-bearing trees that usually keep their leaves or needles during all the seasons of the year
  4. 5. saltwater ecosystems
  5. 6. a region found at the far northern and far southern latitudes, characterized by low-lying plants, a lack of trees, and long winters with very low temperatures
  6. 8. the underwater zone from the shore to the edge of the continental shelf
  7. 11. a region that is dominated by grasses, that has few woody shrubs and trees, that has fertile soils, and that receives moderate amounts of seasonal rainfall
  8. 13. an area where fresh water mixes with salt water from the ocean