Biomes Review Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. ground that is frozen all year
  2. 4. interconnected food chains
  3. 7. biome defined not by temperature but by a lack of rainfall
  4. 8. general term for animal life in a biome
  5. 10. term used to describe animals raised in a more natural habitat
  6. 12. biome most at risk to deforestation
  7. 14. a system of flora, fauna, and their symbiotes
  8. 19. forest biome of Massachusetts
  9. 20. northern evergreen forest biome
  10. 21. general term for water biomes
  11. 23. technology that greatly improves farming, but was also seen as a factor in the Dust Bowl
  12. 24. crops grown without soil and only in water
  13. 25. biome with the greatest concentration of trees
  14. 27. term for large scale agriculture often criticized for treatment of animals
  15. 28. only 0.007% of this in the world can be consumed by humans
  16. 29. one of the upper layers of a forest that shades the floor
  17. 32. the foundation of the marine food web
  18. 33. aquatic biome where the water contains very little salt
  19. 34. term applied to fertilizer from natural sources, but isn’t necessarily better
  20. 36. warmest and wettest forest biome
  21. 37. also known as prairie and savannah
  22. 40. a group of like organisms
  23. 41. the amount of crop produced by a field
Down
  1. 2. one of three requirements for an organism to survive
  2. 3. one or more interconnected biomes
  3. 4. one of three requirements for an organism to survive
  4. 5. term used to describe biomes in the mountains
  5. 6. aquatic biome with a higher salt concentration
  6. 9. general term for farm animals
  7. 11. loss of soil due to water or wind
  8. 13. general term for plant life in a biome
  9. 15. the environment in which an organism lives
  10. 16. one of three requirements for an organism to survive
  11. 17. warming gas produced when permafrost melts
  12. 18. cold, dry biome featuring low grasses and migratory animals
  13. 22. temperate biome dominated by low plants and shrubs
  14. 26. term applied to man-made fertilizer, but isn’t necessarily bad
  15. 30. the lower layer of the forest under the canopy
  16. 31. human activity that caused the Dust Bowl
  17. 35. general term for farm plants
  18. 38. natural resource damaged by the Dust Bowl
  19. 39. describes the plants and animals that naturally occur in an area