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Biotic
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Biome | A group of ecoystems with similar climates and organisms. |
| Climate | The average annual conditions of tempture, precipitation winds, and clouds in an area. |
| Desert | A dry region that on average receives less than 25 centimeters of precipitaion per year. |
| Rain Forest | A forest that receives at least 2 meters of rain per year, mostly occurring in the tropical wet climate zone. |
| Emergent Layer | The tallest layer of the rain forest that receives the most sunlight. |
| Canopy | A leafy roof formed by tall trees in a rain forest. |
| Understory | A layer of shorter trees and vines that growsin the shade of a forest canopy. |
| Grassland | Amn area populated mostly by grasses and other nonwoody plants that gets 15 to 75 centimeters of rain each year. |
| Savanna | A grassland located close to the equator that may include shrubs ans small trees and recives as much as 120 centimeters of rain per year. |
| Deciduous Tree | A tree that shreds its leaves during a particular season and grows new each year. |
| Boreal Forest | Dense forest of evergreens located in the upper regions of the Northern Hemisphere. |
| Coniferous Tree | A tree that produces its seeds in cones and that has a needle- shaped leaves coated in a waxy substince to reduce water. |
| Tundra | An extremly cold, dry biome climate region charcterized by short, cool summers and bitterly cold winters. |
| Permafrost | Permantly frozen soil found in the tundra biome climate region. |
| Organism | A living thing. |
| Species | A group of similiar organisms that can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reperduce. |
| Ecology | The study of how organisms interact with each other. |
| Habitat | An envirmenyt that provides the things a spacific organism needs to live, grow, and reperduce. |
| Population | All the members of one species living in the same area. |
| Biotic Factor | A living or once living part of an organism's habiait. |
| Community | All the different populations that live together in a particular area. |
| Abiotic Factor | A nonliving part of an organism's habiait. |
| Ecosystems | The community of organisms that live in a particular area, along with their nonliving envirment. |
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N.Richardson
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