Biomes Flashcards
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Biomes
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One of Earth’s large ecosystems, with its own kind of climate, soil, plants, and amimals
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Grassland
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A biome where grasses, not trees, are the 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 precipitation 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 each autumn
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Tropical Rain Forest
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A hot biome near the equator with much rainfall and a wide variety of life
