Ecosystems and Biomes Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST: limnetic zone : the well-lit, open surface waters in a lake away from the shore, sediment : matter that settles to the bottom of a body of water, limiting factor : an environmental factor that tends to limit population size, woodland : a forest biome with an open canopy that limits the sunlight and precipitation reaching the ground, plankton : small and microscopic organisms drifting or floating in an aquatic ecosystem, abyssal zone : a deep sea ecosystem, below 6000 feet, lacking higher plant life because of the absence of light, and occupied chiefly by carnivorous animals, estuary : a partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea, climax community : biological community of plants, animals, and fungi which, through the process of ecological succession in the development of vegetation in an area over time, have reached a steady state, profundal zone : the deep zone of a body of fresh water, located below the range of effective light penetration, desert : a biome where the annual rate of evaporation exceeds the rate of precipitation, tundra : a type of biome, found at the higher latitudes, where the tree growth is extremely limited by low temperatures and short growing seasons, latitude : the distance north or south of the equator, measured in degrees, weather : the condition of the atmosphere at a particular place and time, tolerance : the range of conditions that an organism can withstand, benthic zone : the ecological region at the lowest level of a body of water such as an ocean or a lake, including the sediment surface and some sub-surface layers, boreal forest : a biome found in a nearly continuous belt across north america and eurasia, just below the tundra, tropical rainforest : a tropical woodland with an annual rainfall of at least 100 inches with tall, broad-leaved evergreen trees that form a continuous canopy, inter tidal zone : the area that is above water at low tide and underwater at high tide, wetlands : land saturated with water, consisting of marshes or swamps.