Vocabulary Words

2. a leafy roof formed by tall trees
3. zone the region of shallow ocean water over the continental shelf
4. the typical weather patterns over a long period of time
6. a layer of shorter trees and vines below the canopy
7. tree/ a tree that sheds its leaves and grows new ones each year
8. a grassland close to the equator that receives as much as 130 cm of rainfall per year
11. the clearing of forest and trees
15. humid biomes that receives lots of rain, with large variety of plant and animal species, there are two different types

1. a group or land ecosystems with similar climates and organisms
2. tree/ a tree that produces its seeds on cones and that has needle-shaped leaves
5. soil that is frozen all year
9. drift the very slow movement of continents
10. the study of where organisms live
12. an extremely cold, dry biome that receives less than 25 cm of rain per year
13. an area that receives less than 25cm of rainfall per year
14. an area that is populated mostly by grasses and other non-woody plant , and receive 50 to 90 cm of rainfall each year