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- 4. is a very small, specialized habitat within a larger one in which environmental conditions differ from
- 5. in the surrounding area.
- 8. permanently frozen soil that is found in the tundra
- 10. a biome that is very dry.
- 12. A term used to describe trees and shrubs that drop their leaves when winter comes to
- 13. A shoreline area where freshwater from the lower end of a river mixes with salt water from the ocean
- 14. is a large area of land or water that contains a characteristic and distinct group of natural communities and
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- 1. Microscopic floating organisms that live in water and, like plants, convert sunlight and carbon dixodied Plankton Mostly microscopic organisms that drift in great numbers through bodies of water
- 2. A region of Earth that has a particular climate and certain types of plants.
- 3. All living organisms on Earth in the air, on the land, and in the waters; one of the four parts of the Earth
- 5. biome that has low average temperatures but has moderate precipitation.
- 6. a biome that has grasses and few trees.
- 7. The characteristic weather conditions in an area over a long period of time.
- 9. biome that has low average temperatures and very little precipitation.
- 11. Cone-bearing trees and shrubs that usually keep their leaves or needles during all the seasons of the
