biomes Flashcards

1
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Tropical Rainforest

A

area by equator with heavy rainfall

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2
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Temperate Rainforest

A

rainforest further away from equator

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3
Q

Temperate Deciduous Forest

A

average wooded region found world wide

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4
Q

Taiga

A

cold land biome

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5
Q

Savanna

A

a dry grassland with little to no trees

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6
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Temperate Grassland

A

area covered mostly in grass but not as dry as the savanna

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7
Q

Chaparral

A

coastal areas with mild winters and hot dry summers

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8
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Desert

A

large area covered in sand with very little rainfall and few plant life

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9
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Tundra

A

cold plains with little plant life

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10
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Lakes and Ponds

A

area of still fresh water with an abundance of wild life

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11
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Marshes and Swamps

A

low areas with shallow water that’s vital to wildlife such as waterfowl

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12
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Rivers

A

large bodies of moving waater that lead straight to an ocean

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13
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Estuaries

A

areas of salt water which gets really low spots which can be home to many small species

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14
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coral reefs

A

areas in shallow ocean water that hold the most amount of life out of all the other biomes

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15
Q

open ocean

A

the sea with now land nearby and many layers the deeper you go down

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16
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biotic

A

living thing

17
Q

abiotic

A

non living natural factors

18
Q

littoral zone

A

oceanic area close to the shoreline

19
Q

bentihc zone

A

lowest part of ocean or ocean floor

20
Q

plankton

A

small organisms that are the basis of the underwater food web

21
Q

nekton

A

any animal underwater capable of swimming by itself

22
Q

Benthos

A

animals that live on sea floor

23
Q

Mass extinction

A

catalytic event that cause large amount of species to go extinct

24
Q

endangered species

A

species with low specimens still alive

25
Q

invasive species

A

foreign species introduced into a new enviroment.