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39 Cards in this Set
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Contains only pine trees
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Boreal
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The distinct layers that form the soil
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soil horizons
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Forests of short trees and shrubs
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Mediterranean scrub forest
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A grassland with scattered trees, low rainfall
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Savanna
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Has the most fires
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Mediterranean scrub forest
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Areas with no plant life
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barren regions
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Plants have tiny leaves with waxy surfaces
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Desert
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Plants either have big roots to get water deep in the soil or store water
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Desert
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Trees in the middle-latitude climates that remain green year round
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coniferous
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A series of stages in which energy is passed among living things
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food chain
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Forests of needle-bearing trees found in cold climates
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boreal
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Located between a tropical rain forest and a desert
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Savanna
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A hot, wet area close to the equator in which plants grow year round
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Tropical rain forest
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Grasslands of the middle latitudes with adequate rainfall; productive when wild grasses are removed
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Prairie
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Contains a prairie and a steppe
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grassland
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A biome too cold to support much growth
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Tundra
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Has a distinct wet and dry season
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Savanna
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Trees that lose their leaves in the winter
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deciduous
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Determined by the types of trees growing in the area
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Forest
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Once contained buffalo, but now have cattle and wheat
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Grassland
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Plant and animal communities that cover a large area of the earth's surface
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biomes
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Decayed plant matter
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humus
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Any tree covered area
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forest
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A stable plant community; last stage of succession
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climax community
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Plant roots are prevented from penetrating deep into the soil because of permafrost
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Tundra
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Supports large numbers of grazing animals and predators
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Savanna
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Located between a desert and a temperate forest
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Grassland
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The washing of nutrients from the top layer of soil
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leaching
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A biome in which plants survive by using little water or storing water
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Desert
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A group of plants that lives and grows together
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plant community
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Most have been lost to farming and growth of cities
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Mediterranean scrub forest
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Located near the equator and contains much humus
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Tropical rain forest
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Has short trees with leathery leaves
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Mediterranean scrub forest
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Animals from other regions migrate here to feed on the fresh plant growth and the millions of insects
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Tundra
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Not found anywhere in the southern hemisphere
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Boreal forest
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Has deciduous and coniferous trees
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Temperate forest
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All living things and the areas they inhabit on earth
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biosphere
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The process by which one group of plants replaces another group
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plant succession
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The soil of this forest is the most acidic
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Boreal forest
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