Biomes 1
Biomes 2
Vocabulary 1
Vocabulary 2
Vocabulary 3
100
Very cold biome with little rain Located in most Northern areas of the world Plants do not grow well
What is tundra
100
Tall grasses covered this biome hundreds of years ago Most have been turned into farms Wolves, deer, prairie dogs, coyotes
What is grasslands
100
An animal that eats plants
What is herbivore
100
An animal that eats meat
What is carnivore
100
Any organism that uses/eats food
What is consumer
200
Found almost everywhere Moving water biome with animals that live on land near the water Otters, turtles, insects, ducks, and fish
What is rivers
200
Shallow water filled with life Sharks, crabs, clownfish As small animals die, their hard skeletal parts pile up on one another
What is coral reefs
200
An animal that eats both plants and animals
What is omnivore
200
The green colored matter in plants
What is chlorophyll
200
A living thing that makes food
What is producer
300
Marshes and swamp land covered with low lying shrubs, vines, and grasses Alligators, turtles, snakes, deer
What is wetlands
300
Salt water and strange creatures Deep, dark and cold Plants do not grow due to lack of light
What is deep sea
300
Rain, sleet, snow, drizzle
What is precipitation
300
An organism that breaks down the substance of dead organisms
What is decomposer
300
To change into moisture
What is evaporation
400
Covered with trees like elm, maple, oaks, and others that lose their leaves Dead leaves create fertile soil Rabbit, deer, snakes, frogs, owls, bears
What is deciduous forests
400
Most humid and warm place on earth Lush layers of trees and underbrush Beautiful flowers and many insects, tigers, toucans 3 meters of rain per year
What is tropical rainforest
400
The interlocking life in an area
What is ecosystem
400
The physical place where an organism lives
What is habitat
400
The study of living things in their environment
What is ecology
500
Needled trees in a cold, dry northern climate Bear, moose, elk, wolves
What is taiga
500
Can be cold or hot Very little rain Animals do not come out when it's hot Plants must be able to store water
What is desert
500
A large land community in which conditions of life are uniform
What is biome
500
Giving off air or water vapor through leaves
What is transpiration
500
A transfer of food energy from one organism to another
What is food chain
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