| Term | Definition |
|---|
| aquatic | water |
| climate | average weather over a long period of time |
| conifer | any tree or shrub bearing cones; gymnosperm |
| freshwater | water that is not salty or has minute traces of salt |
| marine | ocean; water contains approximately 3.5% salt |
| permafrost | ground that is permanently frozen |
| phytoplankton | microscopic plants usually found in the ocean |
| taiga | found in a coniferous forest during spring time |
| terrestrial | land |
| zooplankton | microscopic animals usually found in the ocean |
| savanna | a flat grassland in tropical or subtropical regions with few trees |
| prairie | a treeless grassy plain which is flat or rolling |
| angiosperm | plants having seeds with a protective covering; most are deciduous |
| gymnosperm | a plant that produces seeds without a protective covering; most are conifers |
| canopy | the dense mass of leaves and branches that form the top layer of the rain forest |
| tropical rain forest | average yearly rainfall is great, soil is thin and nutrient poor, lush plant life, located near the equator |
| deciduous forest | group of trees that shed their leaves during the autumn |
| coniferous forest | the soils remains very wet and is an ideal place for mosses to grow; found just south of the tundra |
| desert | an area of land which can be very hot during the day and cold at night, terrain can be sandy or rocky, very little precipitation |
| tundra | a vast treeless plain in the arctic regions between the ice cap and the tree line, very little precipitation |
| compound leaves | blade is divided into leaflets |
| petiole | thin stalk by which a leaf blade is attached to a stem |
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