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- 3. ANY LARGE REGION (DETERMINED MOSTLY BY CLIMATE) WHERE DISTINCT POPULATIONS OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS LIVE TOGETHER; FORESTS, GRASSLANDS, AND WASTELANDS ARE THE 3 BASIC TYPES.
- 4. TREES WITH NEEDLE-LIKE LEAVES THAT PRODUCE SEEDS IN CONES; THE PREDOMINANT TREES OF A BOREAL FOREST
- 6. FORMED BY THE TALLEST TREES IN A TROPICAL RAIN FOREST (SHORTER TREES FORM THE UNDERSTORY.)
- 7. SHRUB FOREST
- 10. TROPICAL GRASSLANDS; IN AFRICA, THESE TEEM WITH WILDLIFE.
- 11. BROAD LEAF TREES THAT LOSE THEIR LEAVES DURING A PARTICULAR SEASON OF THE YEAR
- 12. SOIL THAT REMAINS FROZEN YEAR-ROUND
- 13. AN AREA THAT IS BARREN MOST OF THE YEAR DUE TO A LACK OF PRECIPITATION; A DESERT IS ONE TYPE.
- 15. THE ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS OF A LOCATION AT A SPECIFIC TIME
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- 1. TIME BETWEEN THE LAST KILLING FROST OF SPRING AND THE FIRST KILLING FROST OF AUTUMN
- 2. THE TYPICAL WEATHER IN A REGION OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME (TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION)
- 5. HOW MUCH THE TEMPERATURE DECREASES AS THE ALTITUDE INCREASES (3 1/2 DEGREES PER 1000 FEET)
- 8. POLAR WASTELAND
- 9. TEMPERATE GRASSLANDS, CALLED PRAIRIES IN NORTH AMERICA
- 14. LACKING MOISTURE
