Across
- 5. A process plants undergo to convert light energy into chemical energy
- 7. Small white ice crystals on the ground or other surfaces when the temperature is below freezing
- 9. landform that rises prominently above its surroundings
- 10. What flowers do once they are grown enough
- 13. an ecosystem characterized by a dense community of trees
- 15. an area where living and non-living organisms come together to form a community.
- 17. what americans call a Hurricane
- 18. the stuff that falls from clouds
- 19. a plant with a trunk
- 21. a polar region located at the northernmost part of Earth
- 22. a biome that aquatic animals live in
- 23. something that provides nutrients to plants, helping them grow
- 24. he uppermost branches of the trees in a forest, forming a more or less continuous layer of foliage
Down
- 1. pieces of wood which are floating on the sea or have been washed ashore.
- 2. the season that flowers bloom and baby animals are born
- 3. the only invertebrates (animals without backbones) with wings
- 4. land that is covered or mostly covered with grass
- 6. an overflow of a large amount of water beyond its normal limits, especially over what is normally dry land.
- 7. a scientific term that refers to the animals of a particular region
- 8. a flower thats name means “lion’s tooth” and comes from the French term dent de lion
- 11. the state or quality of being humid.
- 12. the great barrier ________
- 14. A tree that stays green throughout every season
- 16. Openings in the rocks and cliffs of the Earth that you can explore.
- 17. the average weather in an area or region
- 20. the planet we live on
- 22. The only animal that can rotate their necks 270 degrees
