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14 Cards in this Set
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desert |
is an area that recives less 25 centimeters of rain per year |
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rain forestes |
are forstes in which large amount of rain fall year-round
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emergent layer |
the tallest layer of the rain forest which revives the most sunlight and can reach up to 70 meters
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canopy |
trees up to 50 meters tall form a leafy roof called the canopy
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understory |
a layer of shorter trees and vines around 15 meters high form an understory |
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tundra a |
n extremely cold, dry biome climate region chararsized by short, cool summers and bitterly cold winters
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coniferous tree |
a tree that produces its seed in cones and that has needle-shaped leaves coated in a waxy substance to reduce water loss |
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tundra |
an extremely cold, dry biome climste region charatersized by short, cool summer and bitterly cold winters |
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permafrost |
permantly frozen soil found in the tundra biome climate region |
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savanna |
a grassland located close to the equator that may include shrubs and small trees and recives as much as 120 centimers of rain per year |
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boreal forest |
forest dense forest of evergreens located in the upper regions of the northen hemishphere
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grassland |
an area populated mostly by grasses and other nonwoody plants that gets 25 to 75 centimeters of rain each year |
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climate |
the average annual conditions of tempature, perciptaion winds clouds in an area |
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biome |
group of ecosystems wth simliar climates and organsims` |
