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Biomes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A geographic area on Earth that contains ecosystems with similar biotic and abiotic features. | Biome |
| biomes that receive very little rain | Deserts |
| areas where grasses are the dominant plants | grasslands |
| a forest biome consisting mostly of cone-bearing evergreen trees | Taiga |
| biome is a cold dry and treeless | Tundra |
| the amount of salt dissolved in water. | Salinity |
| regions along coastlines where streams or rivers flow into a body of salt water | Estuaries |
| living things in an ecosystem | Biotic |
| nonliving things in an ecosystem | Abiotic |
| the process of one ecological community gradually changing into another. | Ecological Succession |
| a stable community that no longer goes through major ecological changes | Climax Community |
| What is the largest biome in the united states? | Deciduous |
| What is the largest land biome in the world? | Taiga |
| What are 4 important abiotic factors in aquatic ecosystems? | Temperature, sunlight, dissolved oxygen gas and salinity |
| all living things and nonliving things in an given area is called? | Ecosystem |
| What are the 6 nonliving parts of an ecosystem? | The sun, climate, temperature, water, atmosphere, soil |
| The first species that colonize new or undisturbed land are called? | Pioneer Species |
| Which ecosystem contains both salt water and freshwater? | Wetlands |
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