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vocablary
Term | Definition |
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ecosystem | the interaction of plant life and the physical environment in which they live |
biome | the term used to describe a major type of ecosystem that cam be found in various regions throughout the world |
deciduous | leaf-shedding a type of tree that sheds its leaves during one season |
coniferous | cone-bearing a type of tree able to survive long cold winter with long thin needles rather than leaves |
chaparral | a type of natural vegetation that is adapted to mediterranea climates small evergreen trees and low bushes or scrub |
savanna | a tropical grassland with scattered trees located in the warm lands near the equator |
herbivore | a plant eating animal |
carnivore | a meat eating animal |
praire | a temperate grassland characterized by a great variety of grasses |
tundra | a dry treeless plain where temperatures are always cool or cold and only specilized plants can grow |
permafrost | a layer of soil just below the earth's surface that stays permanently frozen |