Bioshpere vocab
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- niche
- the unique ways and organism survives, obtains food and shelter, and avoids danger.
- savannah
- grassland region with scattered trees, grading into either open plain or woodland, usually in subtropical or tropical regions.
- arctic
- extremely cold in manner, atmosphere
- tropical
- very hot and humid
- forest
- a large tract of land covered with trees and underbrush; woodland.
- temperate
- Characterized by moderate temperatures, weather, or climate; neither hot nor cold.
- wetlands
- A lowland area, such as a marsh or swamp, that is saturated with moisture, especially when regarded as the natural habitat of wildlife: a program to preserve our state's wetlands.
- marine
- of or pertaining to the sea; existing in or produced by the sea
- biosphere
- The part of Earth that supports life.
- habitat
- place where an organism lives and that provides the types of food, shelter, moisture, and temperature needed for survival
- desert
- any area in which few forms of life can exist because of lack of water, permanent frost, or absence of soil.
- tundra
- A treeless area between the icecap and the tree line of Arctic regions, having a permanently frozen subsoil and supporting low-growing vegetation such as lichens, mosses, and stunted shrubs.
- rainforest
- a tropical forest, usually of tall, densely growing, broad-leaved evergreen trees in an area of high annual rainfall.