Activity: Ecosystems Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• climate : average weather pattern of a region over time.
• biome : region that has a particular climate and contains certain types of plants and animals.
• estuary : water ecosystems that are located where rivers flow into oceans.
• tundra : cold, dry biome that includes permafrost.
• taiga : cool forest of cone-bearing evergreen trees.
• desert : dry biome that has less than 25 cm of precipitation every year.
• grassland : biome in which various species of grasses are the main form of plant life.
• deciduous forest : type of forest in which the leaves of the trees fall off every year.
• rainforest : type of forest that has more than 2 meters of rainfall every year.
• pond : non-moving freshwater.
• river : moving freshwater.
• wetlands : areas in which the water is near the surface of the soil much of the time.