2.1.6 Major Terrestrial Biomes

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Across
  1. 4. Well suited for agriculture, plenty of moisture and both cool and warm seasons.
  2. 7. Dry and cold biome characterized by many mosses and lichens, areas of permafrost, and summer bogs as frost melts.
  3. 8. Not enough rain to support trees, so grasses dominate. Cool winters, hot summers and drought are common.
Down
  1. 1. Not suitable for agriculture due to excessive rainfall and hot conditions. Soil nutrients are used quickly by plants.
  2. 2. Moderate temperatures, but periods of dryness. Vegetation grows as clumps rather than spread out.
  3. 3. Little to no vegetation due to lack of precipitation. Extreme temperature changes from day to night.
  4. 4. Biome with long winters, average temperatures below freezing and coniferous forests.
  5. 5. Has two seasons, wet and dry. Grasses, shrubs, small trees.
  6. 6. A large region characterized by a specific type of climate and certain types of plant and animal communities.