B.62 Biomes Flashcards
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biome
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one of earth’s large ecosystems, with its own kind of climate,soil,plants, and animals
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grassland
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A biome where grasses, not trees, are main plant life. Prairies are one kind of grassland region
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taiga
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A cool forest biome of conifers in the upper Northern Hemisphere
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tundra
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Large, treeless plain in the arctic regions, where the ground is frozen all year
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desert
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a sandy or rocky biome, with little precitpitation and little plant life
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deciduous forest
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A forest biome with many kinds of trees that lose their leaves in autumn
7
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tropical rain forest
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A hot biome near the equator, with much rainfall and wide variety of life
