Biome Crossword Puzzle

2. the area where an organisms lives
3. an animal that kills and eats other animals
5. average year to year conditions of temperature and precipitation
8. region in which the climate undergoes little seasonal change in either temperature or rainfall
9. day to day conditions of the atmosphere
10. living on land
12. trees that shed (lose) their leaves annually
13. chain a series of organisms in which each uses another as food
15. Forest area of cold winter, warm summers and moderate rainfall
17. barren, often sandy area
18. an area with long, cold winters and short, cool summers

1. treeless geographical area where the subsoil is frozen
2. a consumer that eats only plants; deer, sheep and rabbits are herbivores
3. consumer an animal that eats producers; primary consumers are herbivores
4. a group of organisms of the same species living together in an ecosystem
6. wide, grass covered area with few trees
7. Effect a natural situation in which heat is retained by a layer of greenhouse gases
11. areas of land that are covered with water for at least part of the year
14. a large region of earth with particular plant and animal
16. an ecosystem in which fresh water mixes with salt water from the ocean