Ecology,Biosphere, Biomes & Climate Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST: community : level of ecology that studies how species interactions, such as predation and competition, affect community structure and organization, ecosystem : level of ecology that studies how energy flows and chemical cycles between organisms and their environment, climate : long term conditions of temperature, precipitation, evaporation, and light , organism : level of ecology that studies how an individual organism's structure, physiology, and behavior meet environmental challenges, landscape : level of ecology that studies how factors controlling exchange of energy, materials, and organisms occur across multiple ecosystems (e.g. biomes), taiga : the largest terrestrial biome; sometimes called boreal forest, tundra : biome covered in permafrost, tropical : _ rainforest - the most productive terrestrial biome, ecology : the study of interactions between organisms and their environment, grasslands : biome dominated by fire, population : level of ecology that studies how populations change through time and what factors affect population change & size, ecosystem : the biotic community and its abiotic surroundings, desert : the driest of all biomes, rain shadow: moist air over water moves over land causing heavy precipitation on the windward side and absorbs moisture on the leeward side, weather : short-term patterns of temperature, precipitation, evaporation, and light, convection : circular movement of air due to alternate heating and cooling, global : level of ecology that studies how regional exchanges of energy and material influences the functioning and distribution of organisms across biosphere, coriolis effect : curvature due to spinning of earth.