Across
- 2. The bottom of a sea or lake
- 5. Broad regional types of ecosystems characterized by distinct climate and soil
- 6. Community characterized by think thorny evergreen shrubs
- 8. Located high in the mountains where fog and mist keep vegetation wet all the time
- 10. Broad leaf trees, loose leaves seasonally)
- 12. Forest characterized by a broad band of mixed coniferous and deciduous trees across Northern North America
- 13. Biome dominated by grasses and associated herbaceous plants
- 14. Evergreen cone bearing tree
- 16. Salt tolerant trees and other plants that grow in intertidal zones of tropical coastlines
Down
- 1. Microscopic, free floating, autotrophic organisms
- 3. Zones in the vertical water column of a water body
- 4. Occur where precipitation is sporadic and low
- 7. Treeless arctic or alpine biome with cold, dark winters
- 9. The Northernmost edge of the Boreal Forest
- 11. An open prairie or grassland with scattered groves of trees
- 12. number and variety of biological species that live in each biome
- 15. Bays or drowned valleys where a river empties into the sea