Across
- 6. a large ecosystem that has its own kinds of plants, animals, and soil
- 7. the dense layer of leaves beneath the canopy
- 8. a hot and humid biome with plenty of rainfall near the Earth's equator
- 10. the biotic and abiotic factors in an environment make up an ____________
- 13. spreads over the forest like a huge umbrella
- 14. the place where an organism lives
- 16. a biome where the main kind of plant is grasses
- 17. a barren biome with very little rainfall
- 18. a cool forest biome in the upper regions of the north
- 19. the typical weather pattern in an environment
- 21. the lowest part of a forest
Down
- 1. all the members of a species that live in an ecosystem
- 2. all the populations in an ecosystem make up a __________________
- 3. the living things in an environment
- 4. the nonliving things in an environment
- 5. a biome that has trees that lose their leaves each year
- 9. an ecosystem where the roots of plants grow beneath the water
- 11. a kind of grassland with a mild climate
- 12. a grassland with shrubs and a few trees
- 15. a cold, dry biome without trees
- 20. an ecosystem where ocean and freshwater ecosystems meet
