Chapter 2 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 1. A leafy roof formed by tall trees in a forest
  2. 5. The study of where organisms live
  3. 7. A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms
  4. 9. Tree A tree that sheds its leaves and grows new ones each year
  5. 12. An extremely cold, dry biome
  6. 13. Soil that is frozen all year
  7. 16. A consumer that eats only animals
  8. 19. A consumer that eats both plants and animals
Down
  1. 1. Tree A tree that produces its seeds in cones and that has needle-shaped leaves
  2. 2. The movement of organisms from one place to another
  3. 3. Drift The very slow motions of the continents
  4. 4. An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms
  5. 6. An organism that can make its own food
  6. 8. Pyramid A diagram that shows the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another in a food web
  7. 10. Species Species that are carried to a new location by people
  8. 11. A layer of shorter plants that grow in the shade of a forest canopy
  9. 14. Chain A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy
  10. 15. A consumer that only eats plants
  11. 17. Web The pattern of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem
  12. 18. A group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms