7th grade cy2 test 2 Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Taiga | A Northern forest biome comvered mostly by coniferous trees |
Muscle | Something in humans that weakens in a weightless environment |
Mercury | The closest planet to our sun |
Venus | The 2nd planet from our Sun |
Savanna | Another name for Tropical grassland biome |
Deciduous | A type of tree that drops its leaves in the fall season |
Lichen | A pioneer species on a volcanic island |
Solar System | A star with orbiting planets |
Mars | A planet with a thin atmosphere, some underground frozen water and lots of iron oxide (rust) |
Equilibrium | When ______ is reached in an area succession stops occuring |
Orbital Velocity | The speed a satellite must travel to stay at an orbital level around a planet |
Biome | Large areas that are defined by climate and the lifeforms that live there |
Ozone | The invisible gaseous layer that protects life on earth from U.V.radiation |
Primary Succession | The type of succession that occurs after a volcano |
Equator | The latitude line that divides the Northern and Southern hemisphere |
Tropical | The warmest climate zone on earth |
Grass | A pioneer species of secondary succession |
Climax Community | The end result of succession |
Tropical Rainforest | An area that receives over 200 cm of Precipitation a year and never freezes |
Desert | A biome that gets less than 25 cm of precipitation each year but may also reach temperatures of over 50 degrees celcius |
Coniferous | The type of trees that dominate the Taiga biome |
Biodiversity | The variety of living species |
Temperate | The climate zone with 4 seasons, some freezing in the winter and warm summers |
Soil | Something that Primary succession doesn't begin with |
Tundra | A biome with permafrost and less than 25 cm of rain per year |
Precipitation | Water in any from that falls from the sky |
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