Across
- 4. partly decomposed, moisture-absorbing moss found in ancient swamps and bogs
- 6. a forestry practice in which all the trees are harvested from an area of forest
- 9. Lyme disease is generally transmitted by ______
- 10. the uppermost layer of soil
- 11. a vast, rotating thunderstorm system
- 13. an organism that consumes only plant material
- 15. fuel a source of energy formed from the remains of organisms that lived in a previous geological time period
- 16. a segment of DNA on a chromosome that encodes a particular protein
Down
- 1. an animal that consumes other species of animals and plant material
- 2. the slight curve at the top of a liquid where the liquid meets the side of a container
- 3. the place where an organism lives
- 5. a verifiable statement or event known to have happened
- 7. a physical or chemical change that results in an absorption of energy
- 8. circular ocean currents that flow clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counterclockwise in the southern hemisphere
- 12. the study of all the interactions that occur within the biosphere
- 14. the calm, clear central zone of a hurricane, averaging 30km wide