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Biomes
Vocabulary for Unit 2 Biomes
Term | Definition |
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Ecosystem | living and nonliving things that interact together |
Biome | community of plants and animals that have things in common for the area in which they live in |
abiotic factors | humidity, sunlight, precipitation, soil, temperature |
biotic factors | plants, animals, humans |
organism | any living thing |
adaptation | the process of changing over time to survive in the environment in which you live |
charateristic | a feature or quality of something |
annual | every year |
precipitation | any form of liquid that comes from the atmosphere |
climate | average weather conditiions in a biome over a large period of time |
habitat | natural home or environment of plants and animals and any organism |
biodiversity | variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat |
permafrost | a layer of soil that is permanently frozen throughout the year |