Biomes and biodiversity Flashcards

1
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Tropical Rainforest

A

Tropic of cancer and tropic of capricorn

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2
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Temperate Rainforest

A

caniferious and broad leaf with high amount of rain fall

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3
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Temperate Deciduous Forest

A

broad leaf forests dominated by trees that lose there leafs every year

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4
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Taiga

A

Snow forest. lots of spruces and larches

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5
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Savanna

A

rolling grass land scattered with trees

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6
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Temperate Grasslands

A

big grassland that includes tropical savannas

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7
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Chaparral

A

vegetation consisting chiefly of tangled shrubs and thorny bushses

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8
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desert

A

Low level of rainfall Hot dry land

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9
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Tundra

A

vast, flat, treeless arctic region

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10
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lakes and ponds

A

bodys of water

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11
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Marsh and swamps

A

swamp lands

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12
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Rivers

A

flows from one point to another

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13
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Estuaries

A

freshwater flow into ocean

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14
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Coral Reef

A

rock in sea formed by growth and deposit of coral

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15
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Open Ocean

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water near coast or continental shelf

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16
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Littoral Zone

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near shore where sunlight penetrates to the sediment and allows aquatic plants to grow

17
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Benthic Zone

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lowest level in body of water includes sediment surface and some sub surface layers

18
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Invasive Species

A

plant or organism that is not native and has negative effects on area

19
Q

Endangered Species

A

animal or plant seriously at risk of extention

20
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Mass ectintiction

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A group of animals going extinct at the same time