Polar Region Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 4. grow in sheltered places on bare rock, their remains provide food for mosses
  2. 5. long stems that some plants produce
  3. 6. thicker, trap more air and are white
  4. 10. allows animals to move over snow and ice easier
  5. 12. provides insulation by trapping air, warmed by the body
  6. 13. takes nitrogen from the air and converts it to ammonia to produce amino acids
  7. 17. carcass of a dead animal
  8. 18. land of sedges, mosses, grasses, and lichens growing in patches
  9. 19. ground that may be frozen beyond the permanent ice
  10. 20. dome-shaped hills near the edge of an ice sheet
Down
  1. 1. allows some animals to blend with their environment
  2. 2. prevent heat loss
  3. 3. allows animals to remove heavy accumulations of snow and ice to access food
  4. 7. specific function or position withina communityof organisms
  5. 8. fine, traps a layer of air warmed by the body
  6. 9. specific fat layer between skin and muscle
  7. 11. allows many warm-blooded animals to survive harsh polar conditions by living in close quarters in a dormant condition
  8. 14. allows many animals to maintain their body temperature even though the environmental temperature surrounding them plunges well below zero
  9. 15. courser and waterproof
  10. 16. allows smaller animals to survive away from the harsh polar conditions