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variable temps; frequent fires; tall perennial grasses; herbivores; such as antelopes and zebras
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tropical savanna
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variable temps; low precipitation; cacti; and other succulents
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desert
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warm to hot summers, cold winters, fertile soil; perennial grasses, prairie dogs
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temperate forest
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hot, dry summers, nutrient-poor soil; woody evergreen shrubs, chaparral, coyotes
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temperate woodland and shrub land
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cold to moderate winters, warm summers, year-round precipitation; deciduous trees, raccoons, skunks
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tundra
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long cold winters, short mild summers; neeldeleaf conifers, moose, lynx
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boreal forest
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cold, dark, long winters, permafrost; mosses, lichens, sedges, caribou, musk ox
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tundra
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prominent horizontal banding of organisms that live in a particular habitat
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zonation
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single-celled algae are supported by nutrients in water and form the base of aquatic food webs
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phytoplankton
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what is an example of a non freshwater wetland
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salt marsh
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what type of wetland forms when a freshwater source meets the ocean
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estuary
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what type of ecosystem occurs in tropical climates and contains dominant species of salt-tolerant woody plants
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mangrove swamp
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