World Biomes
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the missing letters on the lines to finish each word.
3.
s
t
r
Water containing salts
4.
f
a
r
Water that is not salty
5.
d
u
s
Shedding foliage at the end of the growing season
6.
c
o
r
Of or relating to or part of trees or shrubs bearing cones and evergreen leaves
7.
f
e
Large area covered with trees
9.
r
f
t
A ___ with heavy annual ___
11.
d
r
Dry land with very little rain
12.
g
s
d
Land where ___ or ___ vegetation grows and is the dominant form of plant life
13.
p
i
A treeless grassy plain
14.
s
v
A port in eastern Georgia near the mouth of the ___ river
15.
t
r
A vast treeless plain in the Arctic regions where the subsoil is permanently frozen
16.
o
Huge body of salt water
17.
c
a
e
A ___ consisting of ___ consolidated into limestone
18.
r
Long stream of water flowing to the sea
20.
e
u
The wide part of a river where it nears the sea