Science Vocabulary

4. a habitat in which the fresh water of a river meets the salt water of the ocean
6. and lowest low tide line
8. the area between the highest high tide a
10. the region of shallow ocean water over the continental shelf
12. a grassland close to the equator that receives as much as 120 centimeters of rain per year
14. rain snow sleet hail
16. trees that sheds its leaves and grows new ones nearly once each year

1. soil that is frozen all year
2. an area that receives less than 25 centimeters of precipitation per year
3. an extremely, cold, dry biome
5. a layer of shorter plants that grow in the shade of a forest canopy
7. the typical weather pattern in an area over a long period of time
9. a leafy roof formed by tall trees
11. a trees that produces its seeds in cones and that has needle shape trees\
13. an area populated by gasses and other non woody plants
15. a group of land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms