Biomes Week 3 Vocabulary Review

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Large areas of water that have no salt or very little salt; examples are streams and rivers, lakes and ponds, and wetlands or swamps.

The savanna provides the ______________ where a lion finds food, water, shelter, and any other resources that it needs to live.

The Okefenokee swamp is an example of a ____________________ that serves as a drainage area for water.

The pond behind our school and Lake Sinclair are examples of _________________ _________________.

A land area that is covered by water at least part of the year, and they usually serve as drainage areas. Examples of these include the Everglades, the Okefenokee Swamp, the Mississippi River delta or Altamaha River delta.

Areas of water which have similar characteristics throughout the area based on the amount of salt, the temperature, and the movement of the water in the environment.

The various water biomes whether fresh or saltwater are also be called _____________ _____________.

A specific environment that provides all the resources an organism needs to live and survive.