Biodiverse Ecosystem Crossword Puzzle
QUESTIONS LIST: biodiversity : the number and variety of organisms found in a specific region, genetic: _ diversity is the variety of genes or inherited trait that are present, species: _ diversity is the number of each species and the quantity of each species in an ecological community, resilience: the ability of an ecosystem to maintain balance even in the face of significant disturbances, biome: a geographic area on earth that contains ecosystems with similar biotic features, grassland: a biome where grasses are the dominant plants, wetland: an aquatic ecosystem that has a thin layer of water that covers the soil that is wet most of the time, taiga: a forest biome consisting of mostly cone bearing trees. , temperate: the term describing any region of earth between the tropics and the polar circles, pollution: the contamination of the environment with substances that are harmful to life, over exploitation: the overuse of animal and plant species by humans, climate change: changes in climate patterns over time, reclamation: a process in which mined land is restored with soil and replanted with vegetation, coral reef: an underwater structure made from outside skeletons of tiny, soft-bodied animals called coral.