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Biotic

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Biome   A group of ecoystems with similar climates and organisms.  
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Climate   The average annual conditions of tempture, precipitation winds, and clouds in an area.  
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Desert   A dry region that on average receives less than 25 centimeters of precipitaion per year.  
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Rain Forest   A forest that receives at least 2 meters of rain per year, mostly occurring in the tropical wet climate zone.  
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Emergent Layer   The tallest layer of the rain forest that receives the most sunlight.  
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Canopy   A leafy roof formed by tall trees in a rain forest.  
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Understory   A layer of shorter trees and vines that growsin the shade of a forest canopy.  
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Grassland   Amn area populated mostly by grasses and other nonwoody plants that gets 15 to 75 centimeters of rain each year.  
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Savanna   A grassland located close to the equator that may include shrubs ans small trees and recives as much as 120 centimeters of rain per year.  
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Deciduous Tree   A tree that shreds its leaves during a particular season and grows new each year.  
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Boreal Forest   Dense forest of evergreens located in the upper regions of the Northern Hemisphere.  
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Coniferous Tree   A tree that produces its seeds in cones and that has a needle- shaped leaves coated in a waxy substince to reduce water.  
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Tundra   An extremly cold, dry biome climate region charcterized by short, cool summers and bitterly cold winters.  
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Permafrost   Permantly frozen soil found in the tundra biome climate region.  
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Organism   A living thing.  
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Species   A group of similiar organisms that can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reperduce.  
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Ecology   The study of how organisms interact with each other.  
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Habitat   An envirmenyt that provides the things a spacific organism needs to live, grow, and reperduce.  
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Population   All the members of one species living in the same area.  
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Biotic Factor   A living or once living part of an organism's habiait.  
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Community   All the different populations that live together in a particular area.  
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Abiotic Factor   A nonliving part of an organism's habiait.  
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Ecosystems   The community of organisms that live in a particular area, along with their nonliving envirment.  
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