geography

2. the sows the energy transfers between animals and plants (4,5)
5. the top layer of the rainforest with the most sunlight and tallest trees (13)
6. the rainforest layer with most plant and animal life (6)
7. most of the nutrients' is found in th ___ layer of the soil in a trf (3)
10. the act of cutting down a large area of trees (13)
14. a group of animals is known as a _______ (7)
16. the wettest biome in the world that cover just 6% of the earth's surface (8,10)
18. a very large ecosystem(5)

1. the rainforest layer with the youngest trees (10)
2. the world's leading cause of deforestation of rainforests (7)
3. the world largest rainforest located in brazil (6)
4. the lowest layer of the rainforest (5,5)
8. an animal that creates it own food from the suns energy (8)
9. these animals eat other animals or plants and there are usually three types of them (8)
10. these are typically microorganisms bugs or fungi and they break down dead organic matter and put the nutrients back in the soil(11)
11. lots of food chains put together make a _______ (4,3)
12. the line on which all of the worlds rainforests are located (7)
13. the name for the part of the leaves of rainforest trees that helps water get to the roots ( 4,3)
15. the process of cutting down trees for their wood (7)
17. the process where rain washes out the nutrients from the soil(8)