Science Crossword Puzzle

1. No plant life and less than 50cm of precipitation per year.
4. Water filled cave.
10. Is one organism.
11. Largest biome in Canada.
15. Consume only plants.
17. The earth can be split into _ different biomes.
18. Are the ''recyclers" and connect the biotic and abiotic factors together.
19. In a community where a species lives.
20. 200cm+ of precipitation per year (hint: type of forest).
21. Organisms of the same species living in the same area at the same time.
25. Consume both plants and animals.
28. Blanket of air surrounding earth.
32. Harmful decomposer (hint: Starts with the letter E).
33. Water+Carbon Dioxide+Sunlight+Sugar+Oxygen= _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
34. All populations of different species that interact in a given area.
35. Helpful decomposer (hint: Used when baking).
38. The non-living factors of an ecosystem.
39. A place on earth, through which energy flows and nutrients cycle.
40. Dominant species are cacti.

2. Consume only other animals.
3. N_t_r_l S_l_c_i_n
5. Cold, dry and becomes wet and marshy in summertime.
6. "Hunter"
7. All of the water on earth. (big hint: Manitoba Hydro)
8. Local conditions that change day to day even hour to hour.
9. 15-150 cm of precipitation per year.
12. Special structural and/or behavioral changes that occur over time.
13. A large area with characteristics climate, soil, plants and animals.
14. Refers to the average weather pattern of a region.
16. Living things competing for resources.
22. Solid material, non-living (rocks, soil, dirt, sand, water, air, sun, ...)
23. All the places on earth where life can exist.
24. M_ _ i_ _ i_g (hint: type of adaptation)
26. The living factors of an ecosystem.
27. Dominant species is grass.
29. limestone covers _% if the earths surface.
30. Organisms that can make their own food to supply the matter and energy they need.
31. Organism being hunted.
36. Eat dead or decaying plant or animal matter.
37. Organisms that cannot make their own food, and so consume others' matter for energy.