SCIENCE

5. biome is composed of thick sheets of ice and may appear lifeless
6. largest population size that can be supported by the available resources of an area
9. all the population that live in a certain place and can interact with one another
10. area where a type of animal or plant population is found
11. study of the relationship between living things and their environments
13. everything that surrounds an organism-acts upon it
14. role, or job, in its habitat
16. scientists who study ecology
21. place where an organism lives
22. this biome is south of the tundra and has a cold climate
24. made up of evergreens

1. rain forest monkeys, gorillas, lemurs, snakes to name a few, that live in this biome
2. condition in the environment that puts limits on the size a population can grow to
3. process of organisms acting upon one another or on the nonliving parts of their environment
4. this biome is one of the two grasslands
7. this biome is south of the taiga and has a moderate climate
8. this biome can be found in the interior of continents
12. biome where temperature is moderate or hot, and where there is very little rainfall
15. large region with a characteristic climate and plant and animal communities
17. oldest biome
18. group of the same kind of organisms living in a certain area
19. group of communities interacting with each other and the nonliving parts of the environment
20. some of the plants in this biome have adaptations that help them regrow after frequent fires
23. average weather of an area over a long period of time