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.