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Biomes
Vocabulary for Unit 2 Biomes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ecosystem | living and nonliving things that interact together |
| Biome | community of plants and animals that have things in common for the area in which they live in |
| abiotic factors | humidity, sunlight, precipitation, soil, temperature |
| biotic factors | plants, animals, humans |
| organism | any living thing |
| adaptation | the process of changing over time to survive in the environment in which you live |
| charateristic | a feature or quality of something |
| annual | every year |
| precipitation | any form of liquid that comes from the atmosphere |
| climate | average weather conditiions in a biome over a large period of time |
| habitat | natural home or environment of plants and animals and any organism |
| biodiversity | variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat |
| permafrost | a layer of soil that is permanently frozen throughout the year |