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1
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people who study birds

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ornithologists

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Parts of feathers

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1) Vane
2) Rachis
3) Barb

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zips the feathers together

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barbule

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fused clavicul

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furcula

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5
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pulls wings down

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pectorals

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Supracoracoideus

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pulls wings up

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7
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has different female for every mating season

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polygamous

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8
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has several females

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polygynous

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mate for life

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monogamous

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or born in an advanced state and able to feed itself and move independently almost immediately.

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precocial

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) hatched or born helpless and requiring significant parental care.
(of a particular species) having altricial young.

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altrocial

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12
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what percent or number of birds are perching birds

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one half

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13
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what percent of birds migrate ?

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20%

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14
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examples of water flow birds

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ducks geese swan

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15
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what water flow birds mate for life

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swan and geese

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16
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birds that often hunt for food

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game birds

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17
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examples of game birds

A

quails
pheasants
and turkeys

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18
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game birds have ____bodies(plump)

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gallinaceous

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19
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birds of prey

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raptores

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20
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what do birds of pray or raptors have

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  • claw like talons
  • sharp beaks
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21
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fastest bird

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186 mph

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22
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largest raptor in N>A>

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cali condor

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23
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why are flamingos colored pink

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because of their diet

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24
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protects nest by faking injury

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kill deer plover

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25
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bird that has two toes forward, two toes back

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woodpecker

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26
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types of heterothermy

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hibernation
torpor

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27
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the small age the mammal ……

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thr higher the metabolism

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28
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inner hair characteristics

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soft thick and warm

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29
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outer hair

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stiffer gives shape; guard hair

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30
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? initiates milk products

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sucking

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31
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largest mammalian order

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rodentia

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32
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gnawing may kill trees; love salt

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porcupine

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33
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largest rodent of NA

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beaver

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34
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incredible engineer

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beaver

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35
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have set off upper incisors

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lagamorphs

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36
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characteristics of a hare

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long hind legs
young born covered in hair
and with their eyes open, long ears

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37
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mass migrations

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lemmings

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38
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what are pikas

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lagamorphs

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39
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ungulates are mostly

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ruminant

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40
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wild cats

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felidae

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41
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largest bear

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polar bear

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42
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delayed gestation

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weasels

43
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musk secreting gland

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striped skunk

44
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aggressiv, strong, destructive

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wolverine

45
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nocturnal ; eat anything but favor shellfish

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raccoon

46
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breath with lungs

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marine mammals

47
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pinnipeds

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seals

48
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eared seals

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sea lions

49
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true seals

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elephant seals

50
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walrus

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largest seal ;can rotate flippers forward

51
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ursidae

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bears

52
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requires warm water; birth a single offspring every 2-3 years (sea cow)

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manatee

53
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cetateans

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whales

54
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born tail first

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whales

55
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have what bone ; strain the small food organism out of the water

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baleen whales

56
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largest animals to ever live

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blue whale

57
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largest toothed whales

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sperm whales

58
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feed on cephalopods

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sperm whales

59
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feed on cephalopods

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sperm whales

60
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males has long spiral tusk

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narwhal

61
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smallest toothed whales

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dolphins

62
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prehensile tails; play dead, only marsupial in NA

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opossum

63
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tunnel experts with flexible hair ; may have skin that covers their eyes

A

moles

64
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deadliest predator in relations to their size ;some have venomous glamd in lower jaw

A

shrew

65
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only flying mammals; echo locate,

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bat

66
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armored carapace; , made form bone ( caries leprosy)

A

armadillo

67
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armored carapace; , made form bone ( caries leprosy)

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armadillo

68
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larger bodies no tail higher intel. appendix

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apes

69
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no vocal cords

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giraffes

70
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things on top of a giraffe

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ossicles

71
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all places on earth where life exists

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biosphere

72
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average weather conditions; making influence factor for what lives in an area

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climate

73
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communities with similar climates a

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biomes

74
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has higher biodiversity; significant rainfall ;nutrient poor soil and has. multilayer structure

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tropical rain forest

75
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dominated by gymnosperms;

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coníferous forest

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boreal forest

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north

77
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costal forest

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tallest trees

78
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southeast

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la olla pine

79
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nutrient rich soils ; limited rain prevents trees; heavily grazed

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grasslands

80
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north american prairies

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temperate grasslands.

81
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temperate grasslands

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savannah
chaparral

82
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warm-hot ,rainy seasons, scattered shrubs/trees

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savannah

83
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shrubs with leathery leaves, wet,cool winters , warm dry summmers

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chaparral

84
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less than 10cm/tear-rain
variations, seeds sprout with rain succulent stems/leaves; spine

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desserts

85
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  1. Brief growing season
    Permafrost
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arctic tundra

86
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  1. High marine biodiversity
    2. Coral algae symbiosis
    • Bleaching
A

coral reefs

87
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A. Community of orgasnisms together with the non living components of their environment

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ecosystem

88
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producers

A

• Photoautotroph and chemoautotraphs

89
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Community all population of all species living in a particular area

	B. How communities differ habitat
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factors that shape communities

90
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a place with needed resources and tolerable conditions for an organism

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habitat

91
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a warm biome dominated by grasses wih a few scattered trees and shrubs

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savannah

92
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highest biodiversity

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tropical rain forest

93
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has permafrost

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arctic tundra

94
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north american prairie grass lands

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95
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less than 10 cm of rain in a year

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desserts

96
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shrubs with leathery leaves

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chaparral

97
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fresh water meets salt water

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estuary

98
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the study of rock and soil

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geology

99
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smallest unit of life

A

the cell

100
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average weather condition in a region

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the climate

101
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naked seed

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gymnosperm

102
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flagelllated spores

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chytrid

103
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tong attached to the front of the mouth

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frog

104
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egg laying mammals

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monotremes

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