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8 Sci Ecosystems

8th Grade Science Ecosystems Vocabulary

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ECOLOGICAL SUCCESSION PROCESS OF GRADUAL CHANGE FROM ONE COMMUNITY OF ORGANISMS TO ANOTHER.
PIONEER COMMUNITY FIRST COMMUNITY OF ORGANISMS TO MOVE INTO A NEW ENVIRONMENT.
PRIMARY SUCCESSION DEVELOPMENT OF NEW COMMUNITIES IN NEWLY CREATED LAND AREAS.
SECONDARY SUCCESSION SUCCESSION THAT BEGINS IN A PLACE THAT ALREADY HAS SOIL AND WAS ONCE THE HOME OF LIVING ORGANISMS.
ABIOTIC NON-LIVING PHYSICAL FEATURES OF AN ENVIRONMENT.
BIOTIC LIVING OR ONCE LIVING FEATURES OF AN ENVIRONMENT.
CLIMAX COMMUNITY FINAL STAGE OF ECOLOGICAL SUCCESSION WHEN AN AREA MAINTAINS STABILITY AND BALANCE.
BIOME LARGE GEOGRAPHIC AREAS THAT HAVE SIMILAR CLIMATES, CLIMAX COMMUNITIES, AND ECOSYSTEMS.
TUNDRA COLD, DRY, TREELESS BIOME LOCATED NEAR THE NORTH POLE.
TAIGA WORLD'S LARGEST TERRESTRIAL BIOME WITH CONE-BEARING EVERGREEN TREES AND COLD TEMPERATURES.
TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS FOREST BIOME WITH FOUR SEASONS, A WIDE VARIETY OF PLANT AND ANIMAL LIFE, AND LOCATED IN BOTH HEMISPHERES AT APPROX. 50 DEGREES.
TROPICAL RAIN FOREST HOT, WET, EQUATORIAL BIOME THAT CONTAINS THE LARGEST NUMBER OF SPECIES.
GRASSLAND TEMPERATE AND TROPICAL REGIONS THAT ARE DOMINATED BY CLIMAX COMMUNITIES OF GRASSES.
DESERT DRIEST BIOME ON EARTH THAT RECEIVES LITTLE RAIN AND SUPPORTS LITTLE PLANT LIFE.
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