Intro to Biomes Crossword

What is a biome? a complex community of plant and animal species that live in a particular ____ that is formed by the local climate.
Areas where it is extremely cold year round.
Not as cold as Polar areas. The ground stays relatively frozen.
The ground is covered with ____ which is semi-frozen land.
A ______ is a type of grassland commonly found in Africa.
_______ (also called Scrubland or Boreal Forests) grow to the South of Tundra.
_____ _____ have distinct seasons, summer and winter.
_______ No real seasonal changes, lots of rain.
Some deserts are ______ .
Transitional and ______ Biomes are biomes that appear during seasonal changes.
Distance from the ____ is a factor that affects biomes.
_____ of seasons is a factor that affects biomes.
______ and access to water affect biomes.
Angle of available ____ is a factor that affects biomes.
The hierarchy of energy consumption in a biome is the ____ _____.
Two types of food chains. Grazing and _____
_____ food chain begins with a producer.
Detritus food chain begins with something ______
A deep sleep in which an animal's body temperature drops to about the temperature of the environment.
_____ allows one animal to look, sound, or act like another animal to fool predators into thinking it is poisonous or dangerous.
What kind of life is NOT present in Polar Biomes?
What causes animals to migrate in the Grassland Biome?
In the Grassland Biomes, _____ is the center of the food chain?
What fraction of the Earth’s trees are found in the Taiga Biomes?
In _____ Forest Biomes, trees can grow up to 100 feet tall.
The process in which water pools in large bodies (like oceans, seas and lakes).
Process in which water vapor (a gas) in the air turns into liquid water.
Process in which liquid water becomes water vapor (a gas)
Process in which water (in the form of rain, snow, sleet, or hail) falls from clouds in the sky.
Rain, snow melt, or other water that flows into underground streams, drains, or sewers.
Water is first absorbed by the plant's roots, then later exits by evaporating through pores in the plant. (Like plant sweat)
____ or Primary Producers - Organisms that produce their own food through photosynthesis.
Organisms that feed on other animals.
First level carnivores eat ____
Second level carnivores eat first level _____ and sometimes herbivores.
Organisms that consume other organisms for food.
Organisms that break down the remains of plants and animals.
Detritus food chain -___ litter into nutrients.
Diagrams illustrating the complex interaction of organisms
Each level in an energy pyramid.
The top level of consumer.
_____ Level Consumer – AN organism that feeds on herbivores.