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whats the difference between deciduous and coniferous forests?
coniferous r found in colder parts of middle latitudes and deciduous are found closer to the equator
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What is an example of biome?
a coniferous forest
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Where are wildfires common?
savannas
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What effects wind currents?
rotation of the earth
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which way do tradewinds blow?
toward equator
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How are winds like around the equator?
light
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broad leaf deciduous forests grow best in regions where it has an adequate _ and temperate _
rainfall and climate
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What are examples of ecosystems?
where animals and plants live, the climate, weather, ect
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the _ regions are covered by grasslands
central
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What are regions classified by?
elevation.
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what do scientists think cause global warming?
increase in levels of carbon dioxide
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how are deserts and tundras alike?
in both plants and animals have to adapt to live there
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over 1/2 the worlds plants and animals are found in _ _
tropical rainforests
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_ and _ are where the largest tropical rainforests are
amazon river and congo river
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some parts of tundra contain _- a layer of soil just below the surface that stays permanently frozen
permafrost
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in _ tundra, plants must be able to survive cold temperatures and go without sunlight for most of winter
arctic
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_ tundra exists in high mountains where trees grow
alpine
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regions where temperatures are always cool or cold; only specialized plants and animals can survive there
tundra
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many desert animals get all the water they need from _, _, or _ other _
seeds, plants, eating animals
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desert plants and animals_ to survive with almost no water
adapt
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the _ of argentina and veld of South Africa are also temperate grasslands
pampas
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cool, dry grasslands in Northern Eurasia and central Asia are called _ and are similar to the _ _ in North America
steppes, great plains
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much of the original land in prairies have been plowed for _
farmland
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What are temperate grasslands?
prairies
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meat eating animals
carnivores
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plant-eating animals
herbivores
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in savannas, during a _ season, grasses grow tall and green, which then die above ground in the _ season
wet, dry
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What are tropical grasslands?
savannas
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_ has small evergreen trees and low bushes, adapted to a climate with _ winters and _ summers
chaparral, wet, dry
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In most places, regions have overlapped, a mixed region has _ and _ trees.
coniferous and deciduous
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Deciduous covered much of _, eastern _, and eastern _ _, but was largely cleared away from _.
Europe, asia, north america, agriculture
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Most trees are _, shedding their leaves during the colder parts of the _ latitudes
deciduous, middle
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The needles of coniferous trees expose only a small surface to the cold, so can remain on the tree in the _
water
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named for cones that carry seeds, exist in the colder part of the _ latitudes
coniferious forest, middle
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tropical rainforests support an immense diversity of _ and _ life.
plant, animal
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Tropical rainforests exist in _ weather near the _ with heavy _.
warm, equator, rainfall
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a type of ecosystem that can be found in various populations of the world
biome
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What has led to the dramatic changes in ecosystems.
growth of human population
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a change in one aspect of an ecosystem leads to other _
changes
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the survival and growth of life is affected by _, _, _, _, _, _, _.
climate, sunlight, temperature, precipitation, elevation, soil, and landforms.
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the _ is formed by interaction of plant life, animal life, and the physical enviorment in where they live.
ecosystem
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