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27 Cards in this Set
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The climate of this biome has permafrost. It is cold and treeless
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Tundra
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The climate of this biome has 4 seasons. It is the biome in which we live.
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Temperate Deciduous Forest
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This biome has 4 zones.
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Tropical rain forest
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This biome has cone-baring evergreen trees.
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Taiga
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Which biome has cone-bearing evergreen trees?
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Taiga
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This biome has trees which lose their leaves in the fall.
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Temperate decidouous forest
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Fir, cedar, and spruce trees are found in this biome.
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Temperate rain forest
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This is the biome with the greatest kinds of plants and animals.
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Tropical rain forest
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You will find cactus in this biome.
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Desert
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This biome is good for grain, grasses, and growing crops.
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Grassland
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Arctic hare, reindeer, caribou, and snowy owls are found in this biome.
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Tundra
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In which biome would you find lynx and moose?
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Taiga
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White tailed deer are found in this biome in which we live.
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Temperate decidouous forest
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The spotted owl, black bear, and cougar are found in this biome.
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Temperate rain forest
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You will find kangaroo rats and scorpions in this biome.
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Desert
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Cattle and sheep can be found in this biome.
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Grassland
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What do you call the process of gradual change from one community of organisms to another?
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Succession
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These regions are wet all or most of the year.
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Wetlands
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What do we call soil that stays frozen year-round?
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Permafrost
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The first plants to grow after a volcanic eruption are called....
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Pioneer Species
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Large geographic aeas that have similar climates and ecosystems are called ......
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Biomes
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What ecosystems are formed from coral shells?
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Coral reefs
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The two most important climatic factors that affect life in a biome are.....
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Temperature and precipitation
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Lava covers the land. What kind of succession is this? Why?
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Primary The land area is newly created with no soil.
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You play baseball in a field where the grass is mowed all summer. what would happen to your baseball diamond if no one mowed the grass at all? what kind of succession is this?
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Grass and weeds would take over the baseball diamond. Some trees might eventually grow there. Secondary succession.
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In which biome do we live?
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Temperate deciduous forest
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A forest gradually returns to a forested state after a fire is called .............succession.
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Secondary
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