Unit 6.4 Land Biomes

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Across
  1. 3. Within each biome are smaller areas called ________.
  2. 5. Most biomes reach across huge areas of _______.
  3. 7. Taiga is also called the _______ forest.
  4. 9. A grassland biome can contain areas of small shrubs and ________.
  5. 10. A biome is a ________ of Earth where the climate determines the types of plants that live there.
  6. 12. ________ is the main abiotic factor that characterizes a biome.
  7. 13. Many desert animals are active only at _______.
  8. 15. Desert biomes are very ______.
  9. 16. Tropical rainforests are located near the Earth's ______.
Down
  1. 1. Taiga plants include _________ trees, which are trees that that have evergreen, needlelike leaves.
  2. 2. The ground in the tundra biome contains permafrost, a thick layer of permanently _______ soil beneath the surface.
  3. 4. Plants and animals in the desert biome have adaptations that let them _______ water.
  4. 6. The types of organisms that can live in a biome depend on the biomes climate and other abiotic, or ______, factors.
  5. 8. Abiotic factors affect which organisms can _____ in a biome.
  6. 11. Some deserts receive _____ than 8 cm of precipitation each year.
  7. 14. The ______ biome has low average temperatures and very little precipitation.