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.
2
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grasslands
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A biome where grasses, not trees, are the main plant life. Prairies are not one kind of grassland region.
3
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taiga
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A cool forest biome of conifers in the upper Northern hemisphere.
4
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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.
6
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deciduous forest
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A forest biome with many kinds of trees that lose their leaves each autumn.
7
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tropical rain forest
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A hot biome near the equator, with much rainfall and a variety of life.
