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| wildfires are common here |
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| soil is poor due to lack of nutrients and minerals (washed away) |
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| deciduous trees are common here |
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| warm all year around and can get up to 15 feet of rain per year |
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| the only trees here are coniferous |
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| less than 10 inches of rain falls here per year |
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| common animals found here: zebras, prairie dogs, gazelles, giraffes, buffalo |
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| this is Pennsylvania's biome |
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| common animals: lizards, snakes, scorpions, owls, rodents |
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| this land biome is known for its biodiversity |
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| mosses and shrubs are common in this land of long, cold winters |
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| some of these are hot and some are cold |
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| common animals: white fox, snowy owl, polar bear, reindeer |
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| temperatures here are very similar to another biome but this one gets a bit more rain |
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| taiga (temps are similar to tundra) |
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| you might find many oak, maple, and birch trees here |
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| common animals: raccoon, squirrel, deer, robin |
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| plants such as algae and those with roots might grow in this aquatic (water) biome |
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| trees whose leaves fall off when winter approaches and return in the spring |
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| deep layer of permanently frozen soil just below surface soil |
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| there is no light for photosynthesis here |
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| the role each organism plays in its habitat is called what? |
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| salt water and fresh water mix here |
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| these trees have needle-like leaves and are green all year |
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| in what biome are lakes, rivers, ponds, and streams found? |
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| common animals: crabs, clams, turtles, fish, seagulls |
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| floating seaweed and phytoplankton are found here |
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| common animals: sharks, whales, jellyfish, fish, dolphins |
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| many animals here are blind and some even "glow.' |
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| large geographic areas that are similar in climate and that have similar types of plants and animals |
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| name the six major land biomes |
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| tundra, taiga, desert, grassland, temperate forest, tropical forest |
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| name the 3 different types of marine (saltwater) biome |
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| coastal ocean, open ocean, deep ocean |
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| what biome has the coldest yearly average temperature? |
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| what biome has the warmest average yearly temperature? |
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| organisms here feed on other organisms or dead material that sinks from above |
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| this biome is known for its many burrowing animals |
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| the long-term weather patterns of a region |
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| grasslands in Africa are called this |
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| grasslands in the United States are called this |
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| this means having a large variety of plant and animal species |
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