Biomes
Tundra
Covered in ice and snow during the winter, short grass in the short summer
Amazon
Rainforest in South America
Decomposers
An organism that breaks down dead and decaying matte
Climate
Describes the average or typical weather of a location
Prairie
A large open area of grassland
Congo
A basin in Africa with rivers, forests, savannas, swaps and forests
Scavengers
An organism that feeds on dead or decaying matter
Biomes
Very large areas in the world that have similar vegetation, climate and animal life
Deciduous
Forest with trees that seasonally shed leaves
Gobi
Harsh, arid desert climate in Mongolia
Apex predator
Top predator in the food chain
Adapt
Adjustments made in response to climate or the environment
Savannah
Grassy plain in tropical and subtropical regions
Serengeti
Ecosystem in Africa
Producers
An organism that cannot produce its own food and must eat other organisms
Global warming
long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns
Temperate
A region with mild temperatures
Patagonia
Semi-arid scrub plateau that covers Argentina
Food chain
a linear sequence of organisms in an ecosystem where nutrients and energy pass from one organism to another.
Deforestation
The removal of forests or trees to make way for other uses, such as agriculture, ranching, or urbanization