Global Biomes & Ecosystems Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• tundra : frozen, treeless biome found in the arctic.
• savannah : grassland biome with scattered trees, common in africa.
• taiga : cold forest biome with coniferous trees.
• flora : plants of a region.
• deciduous : forest with trees that shed leaves in autumn.
• mojave : desert spanning california, nevada, utah, and arizona.
• climategraph : graph showing average temperature and rainfall over a year for a certain location.
• biosphere : living matter on earth.
• atmosphere : thin layer of gases around earth
• congo : huge rainforest in central africa.
• latitude : imaginary horizontal lines that tell you how far north or south you are from the equator.
• himalayas : world’s tallest mountains, home of mount everest.
• fauna : animals of a region.
• renewable : resource that can be replaced naturally.
• patagonia : cold desert of glaciers and mountains in south america.
• average : what you get when you add numbers and divide by how many there are.
• range : the difference between the highest and lowest values.
• coniferous : type of trees that do not lose their leaves. usually have needles.
• gobi : cold desert in asia, stretching across mongolia and china.
• rockies: tall us/canada mountain range known for skiing and wildlife.
• namib : one of the world’s oldest deserts, meeting the atlantic ocean.
• arabian : desert where camels are called the ‘ships’ that cross it.
• resource : what you need to survive, like food, fuel, or apparently wi-fi.
• lithosphere: earth’s solid outer layer of rock.
• tribe : community of families often led by a chief or elders.