The earth's ecosystems
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| abiotic | describes nonliving factors in the environment
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| biome | large region with specific climates, certain plants, and animals
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| savanna | tropical grassland biome with scattered clumps of trees
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| desert | hot/dry biome with organisms in high temperatures without rains
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| tundra | far-northern biome characterized by long, cold winters; permafrost
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| permafrost | permanently frozen ground below the soil surface in the arctic tundra
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| marine | describes an ecosystem based on salty water
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| phytoplankton | microscopic photosynthetic organism that floats near the surface
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| zooplankton | protozoa that consume, form the base of the ocean's food web
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| estuary | area where fresh water from streams/rivers spills into the ocean
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| tributary | a small stream or river that flows into a larger one
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| littoral zone | the zone of a lake/pond closest to the edge of the land
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| open-water zone | from the littoral zone across the top only as deep as light reaches
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| deep-water zone | zone of a lake/pond below the open-water zone with no light
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| wetland | area of land where water level is near or above ground
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| marsh | treeless wetland ecosystem with plants as cattails and rushes grow
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| swamp | a wetland ecosystem in which trees and vines grow
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