biomes vocab Flashcards

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biome that occurs within 28 degrees north or south of equator

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tropical rainforest

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woodland that has a temperate climate with heavy rainfall and that usually includes numerous kinds of trees but differs from a tropical rain forest in having one or two very common major trees

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temperate rainforest

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a type of forest characterized by trees that seasonally shed their leaves

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Temperate Deciduous Forest

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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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Taiga

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

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Savanna

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Temperate grasslands are a division of a larger biome grouping of grasslands that includes tropical savannas

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Temperate Grassland

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vegetation consisting chiefly of tangled shrubs and thorny bushes.

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Chaparral

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A desert is a barren area of land where little precipitation occurs and consequently living conditions are hostile for plant and animal life

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Desert

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a vast, flat, treeless Arctic region of Europe, Asia, and North America in which the subsoil is permanently frozen.

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Tundra

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10
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An inland body of standing water

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Lakes and Ponds

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swamp is a place where the plants that make up the area covered in water are primarily woody plants or trees.
marsh has no woody plants

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Marshes and Swamps

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a large natural stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea, a lake, or another such stream.

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Rivers

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the tidal mouth of a large river, where the tide meets the stream.

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Estuaries

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a ridge of rock in the sea formed by the growth and deposit of coral.

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Coral Reefs

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contrasted with water that is near the coast or on the continental shelf

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Open Ocean

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near shore area where sunlight penetrates all the way to the sediment and allows aquatic plants (macrophytes) to grow

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Littoral Zone

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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

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Benthic Zone

18
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organism that is not native and has negative effects on the world

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Invasive Species

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a species of animal or plant that is seriously at risk of extinction

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Endangered Species

20
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elatively sudden, global decrease in the diversity of life forms

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Mass Extinction