Across
- 1. Areas near a river that usually flood when the river rises.
- 4. When it is so cold the soil is frozen year round.
- 6. Average temperature and precipitation conditions.
- 9. Areas of land that are flooded for most of the year.
- 11. Trees that lose leaves and stop photosynthesizing.
- 12. Plants and short trees that grow in the darkness and shade of the canopy.
- 14. Uppermost layer were enough sunlight is present to photosynthesize.
- 15. Evergreens that produce cones with seeds in them.
Down
- 2. Far away from shore where there are no rooted plants.
- 3. Pitch black at the very bottom of the ocean.
- 5. The amount of salt in a body of water.
- 7. Shallow near shore portion of a lake.
- 8. No sunlight present and photosynthesis can occur.
- 10. Plants that grow on other plants.
- 13. Tall thick trees that form and thick covering.