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26 Cards in this Set
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Which Biome has grasses and few trees, hot summers and cold winters? |
Grassland |
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Which Biome is Hot, very dry? |
Desert |
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Which Biome has scattered clumps of trees and seasonal rains, hot year round? |
Savannas |
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Which biome has permafrost, coldest biome, treeless? |
Tundra |
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Which Biome has hot and humid, very rainy weather? |
Tropical Rainforest |
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Which Biome Has trees that do not change much seasonally, evergreens, trees produce seeds in cones? |
Coniferous forest |
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Which Biome has many trees that lose all of their leaves to save water in the winter or the dry season? |
Temperate Deciduous Forest |
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A place were fresh water mixes with salty ocean water |
Estuary |
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Tiny organisms that float near the top of freshwater and salt water environments |
Plankton |
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A wetland ecosystem with trees and vines |
Swamp |
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A wetland ecosystem that has no trees but has other plants |
Marsh |
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A strong, wide stream |
River |
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Where the ocean meets the land; exposed to air part of the day |
The Intertidal Zone |
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An Area closest to the edge of a pond or lake is called (Sunlight reaches the bottom) |
The Littoral Zone |
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How are Polar and Alpine Tundra different? |
Alpine Tundra is found on top of the Mountains |
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Where do Conifer seeds grow? |
In cones |
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How do Plankton get their food? |
Photosythesis |
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Why do few large plants grow beneath conifers? |
Sunlight doesn't reach the ground |
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How does the temperature of the ocean changes as it gets deeper? |
It gets Colder |
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What are the living parts of an environment called? |
Biotic Factors |
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What forms the base of ocean's food chain? |
Plankton |
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In which area of the ocean contains the deep water of open water? |
Oceanic Zone |
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Which area of the ocean has warm sunlit water and is where the ocean floor slopes forward? |
Heritic Zone |
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Which area of the ocean doesn't get sunlight? |
Benthic Zone |
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Which body of freshwater is fed by rainfall and may be seasonal? |
Pond |
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What is the deepest of the freshwater ecosystems? |
Lake |