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Wetlands are marshes, swamps, bogs located throughout the world.
Climate and similar ecosystems determine biomes.
Savannas and Prairies are both grasslands but savannas are warmer and wetter. Savannas are found in
Africa and Prairies in North America.
An estuary consist of salt and fresh water found at the end of a river and opening of an ocean.
The chaparral is a mountainous biome found on the coast of most continents and includes animals such as
lizards, jackals, and coyotes.
The Tropical Rainforest includes ferns, woody vines, layers, monkeys, sloths, and snakes.
Desert plants have adapted by growing prickly and thick outer layers and by growing tap roots into
ground water.
The grasslands cover about 20 percent of earth and have a dry summer and wet fall.
The prairie grassland has fertile soil and grows wheat and barley.
An ocean would be an example of a marine ecosystem.
The Tundra and desert receive the least amount of precipitation.
The Taiga is the world’s largest biome and has evergreen conifer trees such as spruce and fir.
The Taiga has cold winters and short cool summers and coniferous needle like trees such as spruce and
douglas fir.
Ecosystem is all the biotic (living) plus abiotic (nonliving) features of the environment.
Tundra animals have adapted by growing thick fur and camouflaging with snow.
The Temperate Deciduous Forest has trees that lose their leaves such as maple and oak.
The savanna grasslands has dry and wet season with very few trees.
Biome is a large geographical area with similar climate and ecosystems.
The order from driest to wettest biome: Tropical rain forest, temperate rain forest, temperate deciduous
forest, grasslands, tundra, desert.
The desert has biotic fauna such as gila monster & sidewinder.
The tropical rainforest has biotic flora and fauna such as mahogany tree, anaconda & ocelot.
The tundra has fauna like caribou, polar bears and flora like moss and 6 weeks of total darkness.
Permafrost is frozen soil found in the tundra that prohibits trees from growing.
Savannas are grasslands found near the equator with fauna such as elephants, giraffes, gazelles, lions,
cheetahs, and wildebeest.
Hot and dry, semiarid, coastal and cold are all types of deserts.
Temperate deciduous forest has 4 seasons, and leaves that fall off in winter from trees such as maple and
oak.
Carnivore – organism that eats only meat of animals.
Herbivore – organism that eats only plants (primary producers)
Omnivore – organism that eats both plants and animals.
Adaptation – a physical change in an organism over many years.
Natural selection – when an adaptation helps the organism have a better chance of survival.
The acacia and the baobab are the two main trees in the savanna grasslands.
Savanna grasslands can turn into deserts if the grass is destroyed by drought or fire and does not grow back.
Climate is temperature and precipitation gathered over a long period of time.
Desert climate is hot days, cool nights and little precipitation.