Biome Study Guide-Accelerated
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This biome receives a lot of rain. It has the most diverse types of plants and animals because of the year round warm, wet conditions:
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tropical rainforest
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Trees in this biome shed their leaves to conserve water
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Deciduous forest
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This biome receives very little precipitation. The days are usually very hot, which means that many organisms are active at night when it is cooler.
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Desert
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This biome is dominated by a mix of grasses and small trees. Around the world this biome may be referred to as a steppe, prairie, pampas, or savanna.
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Grasslands
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This biome has long, cold winters and short, warm summers. Most of the trees are conifers. Scientists refer to this biome as the
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Boreal Forest or Coniferous Forest
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This is an extremely cold biome. Most of the soil remains frozen all year.
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Tundra
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These types of grasslands are located close to the equator. They receive more rainfall and therefore, small trees and shrubs are able to grow
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Savanna
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This is a group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms
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Biome
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The two most important factors for determining climate are
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temperature and precipitation
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Tall trees in the rainforest form a leafy roof called a
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canolpy
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A second layer of shorter trees form an
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understory
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Why do only a few plants grow on the floor of the tropical rain forest?
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It is very dark
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Soil that remains frozen all year is called
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permafrost
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Approximately how much of the earth is covered in water?
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70%
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This is found where fresh water of a river and salt water of the ocean meet
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Estuary
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These make up FRESH water ecosystems
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streams, ponds, lakes and rivers
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This is located between the highest high tide and the lowest low tide (where the shore meets the water)
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The Intertidal Zone
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This is located above the continental shelf
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The Neritic Zone
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Algae and other phytoplankton need sunlight to carry out
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photosynthesis
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Most living things in marine biomes are found
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near the shore or near the ocean's surface.
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This is where light penetrates only a few hundred meters deep
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The open ocean
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The top layer of the ocean is called the
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surface zone
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This ocean layer is located below the surface zone and is almost totally dark.
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The deep zone
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Marshes, bogs, and swamps are types of
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wetlands
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The sun's rays strike Earth's surface most directly
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near the equator
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mosses, shrubs, caribou, foxes
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belong in the Tundra
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saguaro cactus, jackrabbits, rattlesnakes
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belong in the Desert
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zebra, rhinoceros, giraffe
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belong in the Grassland
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maples, oaks, white tailed deer, black bears
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belong in the Deciduous Forest
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fir, spruce, moose
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belong in Taiga
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orchids, orangutan, parrot
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belong in the Tropical Rain Forest
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woodpeckers, cedars, redwoods
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belong in the Temperate Rain Forest
