Chapter 5 Biomes

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Across
  1. 5. Wetlands includes several different types of marine ecosystems that are low areas saturated with water for at least part of the year.
  2. 9. become inactive in the winter
  3. 10. frozen landscapes, low temperatures, few plants or animals.
  4. 12. Biomes aquatic ecosystems that contain larger amounts of salt than freshwater biomes.
  5. 13. Zones based on water depth
  6. 16. Zones classified by distance from shore
  7. 19. Biomes has salt concentrations less than half a percent and is a finite resource meaning that it can run out.
  8. 20. when large areas of forest are destroyed
  9. 21. Zone also called the twilight zone
  10. 22. allowing farm animals to eat more of the native vegetation than is healthy for the soil.
  11. 23. beneath topsoil lays this permanently frozen layer of soil.
  12. 25. Zone horizontal zone that includes the open ocean
  13. 27. area where freshwater streams or rivers mix with ocean water
  14. 28. microscopic animals that provide food for larger marine organisms.
  15. 29. reef grow parallel to the coast.
  16. 31. Zone Sunlit zone, gets the most solar energy
Down
  1. 1. defines as areas that get less than 25 cm of precipitation a year and can be hot or cold.
  2. 2. To layer of soil
  3. 3. found near the equator between tropical rain forests and desert biomes
  4. 4. dry grasslands characterized by tight groups of evergreen shrubs and short, scrubby plants.
  5. 6. Rainforest warm, wet climate supporting abundant vegetation and wide variety of animal life
  6. 7. Forest mostly made up of trees that shed their leaves during the fall
  7. 8. Zone near the shore
  8. 9. name given to a rich layer of soil created by fallen leaves.
  9. 11. is more than 4000 meters below the surface and is very cold and dark.
  10. 14. forest also called Taiga is made up mostly of conifer trees which are cone bearing
  11. 15. Grassland also called steppes, pampas, veldts, and prairies
  12. 17. Zones stretches along the continental shelf
  13. 18. base of the marine food chain.
  14. 24. move to areas with a warmer climate
  15. 26. reef made up of colonies of tiny animals and are some of the largest and oldest ecosystems.
  16. 30. Zone the water is cold and completely dark