Across
- 6. monsoon climate zone
- 8. study of ancient climates
- 9. spatial distribution of living things
- 12. mud layers that pollen may be found in
- 13. tropical rainforest climate zone
- 16. Mediterranean climate type
- 18. Elements that form these include calcium, potassium, and magnesium, all of which are essential for soil fertility
- 19. these cycles of orbital movements can change climate over long periods of time
- 21. Number of different species in a given area of land
- 23. the study of tree rings
- 24. 99% of earth's energy comes from this
- 25. surprisingly, this cycle stores most of its element in the lithosphere
- 26. these rapidly declining areas are necessary for migratory birds
- 27. how we are able to use the energy from the sun
- 29. soils in arid-semi arid regions where moisture is drawn up into the atmosphere leaving behind salts
Down
- 1. tell the climate of a location using temperature and precipitation averages over a years time
- 2. this process tends to deplete topsoil of soluble nutrients
- 3. movement of water to and from different storage areas
- 4. used by cacti species to absorb the most amount of water
- 5. the rate of decay of carbon
- 7. conversion cycle of CO2 to living matter
- 9. Forests found at around 60°N
- 10. land that can be used to grow crops
- 11. layer of unconsolidated rocky material covering bedrock
- 14. the study of small things
- 15. highly ordered systems will change into disordered over time
- 17. in this cycle, bacteria plays a major role
- 20. human activity has drastically changed the rainforest through this process
- 22. this can change the gaseous composition of the atmosphere through eruption
- 28. formed by the decomposition of organic material