Science 140-163
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- climate
- the usual weather of a region over a long period of time
- peat
- dense layer of partially decade plant material usually found in bogs
- biome
- a large area of the earth in which plants and animals share a similar environment
- deciduous
- a tree that loses its leaves in winter
- wetlands
- a land that is almost always wet such as bog, swamp, or marsh
- biosphere
- all of the areas where life can exist and the living organisms thate live there
- conifers
- a type of tree whose seeds develop in cones
- marine bioms
- another name for a saltwater biome, such as the ocean
- salinity
- the amount of dissolved salt in a certain amount of water
- boidiversity
- how many species of plants and animals are found in a specific area
- permafrost
- a permenently frozen soil found in the tundra