Found near the shore, where fresh water and salt water meet.
There are sea grasses, corals, sea turtles, fishes, dolphins and crabs.
What is Intertidal Zone/Coastal?
100
This biome has a lot of algae, cattails, clams, snails, frogs, and snakes. It is very shallow and is close to shore.
What is Ponds/Lakes?
100
A treeless plain found in the Arctic, in the Antarctic, or on the tops of mountains that is characterized by very low winter temperatures and short, cool summers
What is Tundra?
100
There are conifer trees everywhere.
What is Coniferous?
100
Corals, dolphins, crabs, sea turtles
What is Coastal/Intertidal?
200
An area where fresh water from streams and rivers spills into the ocean. (Not the zone.)
What is Estuary?
200
Areas where water covers the soil.
For example, a famous area down in the south of Georgia is where water covers the soil.
What is Marshes/Wetlands/Swamps?
200
A region that has little or no plant life, long periods without rain, and extreme temperatures; usually found in hot climates
What is Desert?
200
The Amazon ________ is famous for its variety of animals and the amount of rain it gets.
What is Rainforests? (Or tropical rainforests)
200
Receives no sunlight
What is Deep Ocean?
300
Includes all the water that is on the earth's surface. The biome covers three fourths of the earth.
What is Marine?
300
Orchids, vines, snakes, frogs, alligators, and more.
What organisms live in Marshes/Swamps? (Wetlands)
300
A grassland that often has scattered trees and that is found in tropical and subtropical areas where seasonal rains, fires, and drought happen
What is Savanna?
300
Cactus are grown in this region.
What is Desert?
300
One Half of the water that falls from earth goes into the ocean.
What is Marine?
400
This biome has algae, corals, fishes, sponges, sea stars and sea urchins. It receives a lot of sunlight and has many estuaries.
What is Open Ocean/Neritic Zone?
400
The Great _______ are in the north of the United States.
What is a lake?
400
This biome is found on mountain tops, trees cannot be grown, and there are very few animals.
What is Alpine Tundra?
400
They have something called "Dry Season" and "Wet Season".
What is Savannah?
400
Adaptation: Changing from salt water to fresh.
What is Estuary?
500
This biome receives very little sunlight and low oxygen. It contains fungi, bacteria, catfish, crustaceans, whales, squids, and sharks.
What is Deep Ocean/Benthic Zone?
500
______s have a lot of alligators.
What is swamps?
500
There is permafrost during the winter.
There are wolves, caribous, and musk oxen.
What is Polar Tundra?
500
Prairie dogs, mice, grass, few trees.
What is Grassland?
500
A large region characterized by a specific type of climate and certain types of plant and animal communities