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29 Cards in this Set
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all organisms and the part of earth where they exist |
biosphere |
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collection of living things |
biota |
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collection of earth's water bodies, ice, and water vapor |
hydrosphere |
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air blanketing earth's solid surface |
atmosphere |
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features of earth's surface-such as continents and the sea floor- and everything below earth's surface |
geosphere |
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average long-term weather pattern of a region |
climate |
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climate of a specific location withing a larger area |
microclimate |
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dense covering formed be the uppermost branches of trees |
canopy |
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biome in which the primary plant life is grass |
grassland |
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biome characterized by a very dry climate |
desert |
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tree that has adapted to winter temperatures by dropping its leaves and going dormant during the cold season |
deciduous
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tree that has needles year-round and reproduces with cones |
coniferous |
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biome with long and cold winters, lasting up to 6 months; also called a boreal forest |
taiga |
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biome found at far northern latitudes where winters last as long as 10 months a year. |
tundra |
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biome characterized by not, dry summers and cool, moist winters; also called Mediterranean Scrubland |
Chaparral |
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strip of land in between the high and low tide lines |
intertidal zone |
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zone of the ocean that extends from the intertidal zone out to the edge of the continental shelf |
neritic zone |
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zone of the ocean tht extends from the neritic zone to the base of the continental shelf |
bathyal zone |
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depth of the ocean that lies below 2000 meters and is in complete darkness |
abyssal zone |
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microscopic, free-floating organisms, which may be animals or protists, that live in the water |
plankton |
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animal plankton |
zooplankton |
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phytosynthetic microscopic protists, such as algae |
phytoplankton |
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ocean habitat found in the shallow coastal waters in a tropical climate |
coral reef |
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ocean habitat that exists in cold, nutrient-rich shallow coastal waters, composed of large communities of kelp, a seaweed. |
kelp forest |
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partially enclosed body of water found where a river flows into the ocean |
estuary |
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region of land that drains into a river, river system, or other body of water |
watershed |
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area between the high and low water marks along the shoreline of a lake or pond |
littoral zone |
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open water of a lake or pond that is located away from shore |
limnetic zone |
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lake/pond bottom, where little to no sunlight can reach |
benthic zone |
