Biomes Flashcards

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Tropical Rainforest

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A Forest that gets a lot of rain and it’s very warm

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Temperate Rainforest

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Forest that gets a lot of rain

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3
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Temperate Deciduous Forest

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are dominated by trees that lose their leaves each year. They are found in areas with warm, moist summers and mild winters. The three major areas of this forest type occur in the Northern Hemisphere: eastern North America, eastern Asia, and Europe.

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4
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Taiga

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the sometimes swampy coniferous forest of high northern latitudes, especially that between the tundra and steppes of Siberia and North America.

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5
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Savanna

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a grassy plain in tropical and subtropical regions, with few trees.

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6
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Chaparral

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vegetation consisting chiefly of tangled shrubs and thorny bushes.

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7
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Desert

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a sandy place

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8
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Tundra

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cold place

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9
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Lake and Ponds

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water

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10
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Marsh and Swamps

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plants and lots of water

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11
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Rivers

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big long body of atwer

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12
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estuaries

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not sure

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13
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Coral Reefs

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in the ocean

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14
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Open Ocean

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nothing but ocean

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15
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Littoral Zone

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is the near shore area where sunlight penetrates all the way to the sediment and allows aquatic plants (macrophytes) to grow. Light levels of about 1% or less of surface values usually define this depth

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16
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Benthic Zone

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is 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. Organisms living in this zone are called benthos, e.g. the benthic invertebrate community, including crustaceans and polychaetes.

17
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Invasive Species

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dosent belong there

18
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Endangered Species

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not many are left

19
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Mass Extinction

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where everything dies