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The first group of creatures that drift Freely in the water,
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,Plankton
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The second group are large active swimmers including, fish turtles whales
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nekton
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The third group is organisms that live on the ground.
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benthos
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One of Earth’s large ecosystems,
with its own kind of climate, soil, plants, and animals |
Biome
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A sandy or rocky biome, with little
precipitation and little plant life |
desert
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taigaA cool forest biome of conifers in the
upper northern hemisphere |
taiga
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A hot,
humid biome near the equator, with much rainfall and a wide variety of life |
tropical rain forest
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temprate forest
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A biome with a lot of rain and a cool climate.
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A forest biome
with many kinds of trees that lose their leaves each autumn. deciduous forest |
deciduous forest
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A biome where grasses, not
trees, are the main plant life. |
grassland
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extinct species
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A species that
has died out completely |
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endangered species
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A species that is in danger of becoming exinct
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threatened species
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A species
that is in danger of becoming endangered |
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Tundra
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A large, treeless plain in the arctic
regions, where the ground is frozen all year |
