A grouping of ecosystems with similar abiotic and biotic conditions.

The average conditions, including temperature and precipitation, over a long periods in a given area.

The day-to-day conditions in Earth's atmosphere

A diagram that shows an area's average temperature and precipitation.

Net primary production

The organic matter, or biomass, that remains after cellular respiration.

The dense covering of trees, 50 to 80 meters above the ground, in a rain forest.

The few tall trees that extend above the canopy in a rain forest.

The shorter trees and plants found in a tropical rain forest.

A plant that grows on other plants instead of in soil.

A tree that loses its leaves and stops during part of the year.

The deep sleep like state that an animal enters when conditions are dry.

A tree bearing cones that typically does not lose its leaves.

The deep sleep like state that an animal enters for most of the winter.

A measurement of the amount of salts dissolved in water.

The uppermost layer of an aquatic ecosystem, where there is enough sunlight for photosynthesis to occur.

The layer below the Photic Zone in an aquatic ecosystem, where no sunlight penetrates so photosynthesis cannot occur.

The bottom layer of an aquatic ecosystem

The shallow near-shore portion of the photic zone.

The portion of the photic zone that is farther from the shore than the littoral zone; no rooted plants are found in this zone.

An area of land that is flooded with water at least sometime during the year.

An area alongside a river that periodically floods.

Body of water, partly enclosed by land, that occurs where fresh water meets the water of an ocean or inland sea.

The flow of cold, nutrient-rich water toward the surface of the ocean.

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Term	Definition
Biome	A grouping of ecosystems with similar abiotic and biotic conditions.
Climate	The average conditions, including temperature and precipitation, over a long periods in a given area.
Weather	The day-to-day conditions in Earth's atmosphere
Climatograph	A diagram that shows an area's average temperature and precipitation.
Net primary production	The organic matter, or biomass, that remains after cellular respiration.
Canopy	The dense covering of trees, 50 to 80 meters above the ground, in a rain forest.
Emergent Layer	The few tall trees that extend above the canopy in a rain forest.
Understory	The shorter trees and plants found in a tropical rain forest.
Epiphytes	A plant that grows on other plants instead of in soil.
Deciduous	A tree that loses its leaves and stops during part of the year.
Estivation	The deep sleep like state that an animal enters when conditions are dry.
Coniferous	A tree bearing cones that typically does not lose its leaves.
Hibernation	The deep sleep like state that an animal enters for most of the winter.
Permafrost	Permanently frozen soil.
Salinity	A measurement of the amount of salts dissolved in water.
Photic Zone	The uppermost layer of an aquatic ecosystem, where there is enough sunlight for photosynthesis to occur.
Aphotic Zone	The layer below the Photic Zone in an aquatic ecosystem, where no sunlight penetrates so photosynthesis cannot occur.
Benthic zone	The bottom layer of an aquatic ecosystem
Littoral zone	The shallow near-shore portion of the photic zone.
Limnetic zone	The portion of the photic zone that is farther from the shore than the littoral zone; no rooted plants are found in this zone.
Wetlands	An area of land that is flooded with water at least sometime during the year.
Food plain	An area alongside a river that periodically floods.
Estuaries	Body of water, partly enclosed by land, that occurs where fresh water meets the water of an ocean or inland sea.
Upwelling	The flow of cold, nutrient-rich water toward the surface of the ocean.

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