Across
- 5. split into two groups based on water flow; lakes are an ex.
- 7. biome with long winters short summers; also called taiga
- 8. all the habitable parts of the world
- 11. four seasons; mild temps; trees lose thier leaves
- 13. in between forests and grasslands; found in much of Africa and S. America
- 14. study of interactions between living and nonliving things
- 15. nonliving things in an environment
- 16. the role an organism plays in an ecosystem
- 18. Mediterranean climate
- 20. habitable regions of atmopshere
- 21. northernmost biome with permafrost; arctic and alpine
Down
- 1. hot and rainy biome; 170 cm- 400 inches each year
- 2. covers about 70% of earth
- 3. biomes that recieve very little water; can be hot or cold
- 4. an organism's natural environment
- 6. small parts of the biosphere with similar climates and organisms
- 9. all the parts of earth with water
- 10. gradual change caused by increasing elevation
- 12. living things in an environment
- 17. a limited area in which living and nonliving things interact.
- 19. also called prairies or plains; found in interiors of continents