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Biomes
Biosphere
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Desert – a biome that is very dry.
Ecoregion – a large area of land or water that contains a characteristic and distinct group of natural communities and species.
Grassland – a biome that has grasses and few trees.
Microhabitat – a very small, specialized habitat within a larger one in which environmental conditions differ from those in the surrounding area.
Permafrost – permanently frozen soil that is found in the tundra
Taiga – biome that has low average temperatures but has moderate precipitation.
Temperate forest – a biome that has moderate precipitation, hot summers, and cold winters
Tropical forest – a biome that is warm throughout the year and has more rain than other biomes.
Tundra – a biome that has low average temperatures and very little precipitation.
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Estuary
Intertidal zone
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Abyssal zone – part of the ocean below 2,000 meters.
Bathyal zone – part of the ocean that extends from the edge of the continental shelf to its base.
Brackish water – mixture of saltwater and freshwater
Freshwater ecosystem – ecosystem that contains water that has very little salt.
Marine ecosystems – saltwater ecosystems
Neritic zone – region of shallow ocean water over the continental shelf.
Open ocean zone – includes all surface waters down to a depth of about 2,000 meters.
Photosynthetic zone – the top 200 meters of the ocean. Sunlight penetrates well enough for photosynthesis
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Biodiversity
Eutrophication
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Climatogram – a graph of both temperature and precipitation.
Climax community – dominant community of plants and animals that come to live in an area
Climax species – dominant species of plants and animals that come to live in an area
Disturbance – an event that changes an ecosystem.
Ecological succession – a slow development or replacement of an ecological community by another ecological community over time.
Poaching – the illegal removal or killing of wild plants or animals against local laws.
Primary succession – the changes that occur in an area where no ecosystem has existed
Quadrat – a measurement technique that provides an area where you can count the number of species within an ecosystem
Secondary succession – the changes that occur after a disturbance in an ecosystem
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Climate
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Phytoplankton
Plankton
Pioneer species
Succession
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Deciduous
Wetland
Sustainable
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