Aquatic Biome Crossword

Has cool temperatures, 5-16 ft. of rain. Consist of Pine, Redwood, and Sitka Spruce
Receives the most rain out of all the biomes.
Grassy plain in tropical and subtropical regions with few trees.
Hot summers, cold winters. 10 to 35 inches of rain.
Shrubland or heatland plant community found primarily in the U.S. state of California.
Constitute a large domain of prokaryotic micro-organism.
Any Eukaryotic organism that includes micro-organisms such as yeast & molds
action or process of adapting or being adapted
Constitute a domain & kingdom of single-celled micro-organisms
Place where an organism usually lives.
Large region characterized by a specific type of climate & certain types of plants & animal communities.
Process in which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed & diversified from earlier life forms.
Process of breaking down food to yield energy.
Sequence in which energy is transferred from 1 organism to the next.
Shows many feeding relationships that are possible in an ecosystem.
One of the steps in a food chain or food pyramid.
refers to the weather conditions, such as temperature, precipitation, humidity, and winds, in an area over a long period of time
the distance north or south of the equator and is measured in degrees
the height of an object above sea level
this layer consists if the tallest trees, which reach heights of 60 to 70m Emergent
considered the primary layer of the rain forest
a plant that uses another plant for support, but not for nourishment
Very little light reaches this layer
a forest that is characterized by trees that shed their leaves in the fall Temperate Deciduous
the northern coniferous forest that stretches in a broad band across the Northern Hemisphere just below the Arctic Circle
areas that have widely scattered vegetation and receive very little rain
biome that is in northern arctic regions
in arctic regions, the permanently frozen layer of soil or subsoil
Succession that begins in an area that previously did not support life. Primary
Plant uses sunlight to make sugar for food.
Bacteria that convert atmosphere nitrogen into ammonia.
An organism that makes it's own food.
Anything living.
Organism that belongs to the kingdom protistia.
Get their food by breaking down dead organisms.
Organisms that get their energy from other organisms.
Animal that doesn't have a backbone.
Animals that have a backbone.
A community of organisms and their abotic environment.
The tidal mouth of a large river, where the tide meets the stream.
The small and microscopic organisms drifting or floating in the sea or freshwater.