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Tropical rainforest |
Jungles High temps, torrential rains Vines, epiphytes grows on another plant and its nutrients, saprophytes Monkeys, lizards, snakes, birds Central Africa, Central America, Amazon basin, Southeast Asia |
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Temperature rainforest |
Jungles. Moderate temps, torrential rains. Vines, epiphytes, saprophytes. Monkeys, lizards, snakes, birds Rare Western north and south America, islands off of eastern asia and australia |
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Taiga |
Less rainfall, long cold winter, coniferous trees that do not lose their leaves Moose, deer Northern Canada and Russia |
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Temperate Deciduous Forest |
Cold winters, warm summers, moderate rainfall Maple oak willow trees that shed their leaves Deer, fox, woodchuck, squirrel, bird Northeastern and central-eastern U.S. anr central Europe |
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Temperate Coniferous Forest |
Cold, dry, coniferous fir pine spruce trees that do not shed their leaves Water conservation - needle shaped leaves Largest biomass Northern U.S., southern canada Beavers, bear, sheep, squirrels, birds |
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Tundra |
Treeless, frozen plain Permafrost - covered in snow and ice Very short summer/growing season Lichens, mosses, polar bears, musk oxen, arctic hares |
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Polar |
Polar ice caps Frozen areas, no vegetation Penguins, polar bears Desert - little precipitation |
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Photic zone |
Marine biome. Sunlit area. Plankton photosynthetic heterotrophic, nekton fish sharks whales that feed on plankton and small fish. Autotroph - diatom. |
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Aphotic zone |
Marine biome. Region beneath photic zone. Receives no sunlight. Very cold water. High pressure. Nekton and bethos (crawling sessile). Scavengers. Predators. |
