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a geographic area on Earth that contains ecosystems with similar biotic and abiotic features
a) biomes
b) deserts
c) grasslands
d) temperate

biomes that receive very little rain
a) deserts
b) grasslands
c) temperate
d) biomes

biome that are areas where grasses are the dominant plants
a) grasslands
b) biome
c) temperate
d) deserts

regions of Earth between the tropics and the polar circles
a) temperate
b) biome
c) taiga
d) desert

a forest biome consisting mostly of cone-bearing evergreen trees
a) taiga
b) tundra
c) grasslands
d) temperate

biome that is cold, dry, and treeless
a) tundra
b) taiga
c) desert
d) biome

the amount of salt dissolved in water
a) salinity
b) wetlands
c) estuaries
d) intertidal zone

aquatic ecosystem that has a thin layer of water covering the soil that is wet most of the time
a) wetland
b) salinity
c) estuaries
d) intertidal zone

regions along coastlines where streams or rivers flow into a body of salt water
a) estuaries
b) salinity
c) wetlands
d) coral reef

the ocean shore between the lowest low tide and the highest high tide
a) intertidal zone
b) coral reef
c) estuaries
d) wetland

an underwater structure made from outside skeletons of tiny, soft-bodied animals called coral
a) coral reef
b) intertidal zone
c) estuaries
d) salinity

the process of one ecological community gradually changing into another
a) ecological succession
b) climax community
c) pioneer species
d) eutrophication

a stable community that no longer goes through major ecological changes
a) climax community
b) ecological succession
c) pioneer species
d) eutrophication

the first species that colonize new or undisturbed land
a) pioneer species
b) eutrophication
c) ecological succession
d) climax community

the process of a body of water becoming nutrient-rich
a) eutrophication
b) climax community
c) pioneer species
d) ecological succession

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