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Vocab List 14-Hoover
Question | Answer |
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alpine | cold, snowy, windy, found in high mountain areas |
coniferous forest | low temperatures all year, trees produce seeds in cones |
coral reefs | found in warm shallow waters as barriers along continents, fringing islands, and atolls. Also home to over 500,000 species |
deciduous forest | summers warm, winters cold, trees shed their leaves in the fall and grow new leaves in the spring |
desert | high temperatures (cold at night), very low rainfall |
freshwater | still water=lakes and ponds and running water=streams and rivers |
grassland | open grassy plains. Hot summers and cold winters, low rainfall |
marine | ocean, covers about 70% of the Earth |
tropical rain forest | high temperatures all year, heavy rainfall, more varieties of plants and animals than any other land biome |
tundra | very cold, dry, and windy |