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Habitat/Ecosystem
Term | Definition |
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Tropical Rainforest | -warm all year long -some parts get large amounts of rain -terrestial -more species than any other biome |
Deciduous Forest | -found in cool places -terrestrial -loses leaves in fall and winter -Europe and eastern half of U.S. -found in places without huge amounts of rain |
Grassland | -some have been turned into farms -few trees, lots of grasses -small amounts of rain -terrestrial -trees near lakes or rivers |
Taiga | -terrestrial -mostly in Northern Hemisphere -most trees are pines -elk, moose, wolves |
Desert | -every continent has deserts -less than 25 centimeters of rain or snow in a year - |