Across
- 5. the average weather conditions over a long period of time
- 8. warm, humid, diverse biome found near the equator
- 9. the condition of the atmosphere at a particular place and time
- 10. referring to salt water environments
- 14. biome with lots of rain and VERY tall trees
- 15. term used to describe water biomes
- 16. biome that is farthest north with permafrost and 2 seasons
Down
- 1. nonliving things in an ecosystem
- 2. biome with short vegetation and very fertile soil; middle of continents
- 3. large area consisting of similar ecosystems
- 4. biome also known as the shrubland; woody plants and dry
- 6. community of interacting biotic and abiotic factors
- 7. very dry biome with little life; can be hot or cold
- 11. living things in an ecosystem
- 12. biome with four seasons where broad leaves fall off the trees in the winter
- 13. biome with coniferous forests in the higher latitudes
- 14. term used to describe land biomes
