Biomes Lesson 5 Flashcards
1
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Biome
A
One of earths 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 on kind of grassland region
3
Q
Taiga
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A cool forest biome of conifers in the upper Northern Hemisphere
4
Q
tundra
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Large, treeless plain in the arctic regions, where the ground is frozen
5
Q
desert
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A sandy or rocky biome, with little precipitation and a little plant life.
6
Q
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 wide variety of life
