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biome geographic area on Earth
coral reef underwater structure made
that contains ecosystems with
similar biotic and abiotic features
desert biome that receives very
little rain
grassland biome where grasses are
the dominant plants
taiga forest biome consisting mostly
of cone-bearing evergreen trees
temperate region of Earth between
the tropics and the polar circles
tundra cold, dry, and treeless biome
estuary region along a coastline that
forms where streams or rivers flow
into a body of salt water
intertidal zone area of ocean shore
between the lowest low tide and the
highest high tide
salinity amount of salt dissolved in
water
wetland aquatic ecosystem that has
a thin layer of water covering soil
most of the time
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that has a layer of permanently
frozen soil
from skeletons of tiny, soft-bodied
animals
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climax community stable
community that no longer goes
through major ecological changes
ecological succession process of
one ecological community
gradually changing into another
eutrophication process of a body
of water becoming nutrient-rich
pioneer species first species that
colonize new or undisturbed land
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