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Biome Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Biome | large geographic areas with similar climates and ecosystems |
| Flora | plant life |
| Fauna | animal life |
| Terrestrial | living on the land |
| Aquatic | living in or on the water |
| Permafrost | permanently frozen soil |
| Coniferous | cone bearing trees with needle-like leaves typically found in the Taiga biome |
| Deciduous | broad leaf trees that drop their leaves in the fall and go into a state of dormancy during the winter and typically found in the Temperate biome |
| Dormancy | a state of inactivity for deciduous trees during winter months |
| Estivation | a state of inactivity for animals that live in hot, dry areas such as a desert |
| Nocturnal | active at night |
| Canopy | the cover formed by the leafy branches of trees in a forest |
| Tundra Biome | cold, dry, treeless biome located in extreme northern areas that receive very little precipitation |
| Taiga Biome | cold biome located south of the tundra that experiences long winters with the major flora being coniferous trees |
| Temperate Biome | biome with 4 distinctive seasons, rich soil and scattered with deciduous trees |
| Savanna Biome | biome with dry and rainy seasons whose major flora are grasses and major fauna are large herbivores |
| Desert Biome | extremely hot biome with limited precipitation and sandy soil |
| Tropical Rainforest Biome | extremely wet biome with fairly constant temperatures that contains many large leafed flora and a large variety of fauna |
| Marine Biome | biome that consists of very large bodies of water with a high salt content that contains 4 zones |
| Estuary | biome where fresh water and marine biomes merge; very shallow area that is high in nutrients and contains water with medium range salt content |
| Freshwater | biome that consists of rivers, streams, lakes, and ponds with extremely low salt content |
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