Across
- 2. Cone- producing trees with needlelike leaves that remain green all year
- 8. This refers to the ability to blend into ones surroundings
- 9. In a rainforest, the forest floor gets very little of this, resulting in plants with big broad leaves
- 10. A group of ecosystems with similar organisms and climates
- 12. The most biodiverse biome, with animals adapted for flying and climbing
- 13. Plants have adapted to have fleshy stems and thorns in order to live in this biome
- 14. This biome can not support tall trees and has a layer of soil that is frozen right under the surface
- 15. Biome with plants and grasses, but no trees; receives 25-75 cm of precipitation a year
Down
- 1. This is an adaptations that birds in the Biome in which we live practice during the Winter months
- 3. This biome receives 50-150 cm of precipitation each year; has many scattered shrubs, tall grasses, and small trees
- 4. A type of tree that loses its leaves in order to retain water in the Winter
- 5. An animal adaptation in the desert in order to beat the heat
- 6. This biome receives less than 10 inches of rain a year
- 7. Rich In a deciduous forest, the soil quality is this due to leaves decomposing
- 11. Frozen Soil