Chapter 19: Biomes and ecosystems

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A group of ecosystems that share similar climates and typical organisms

An extremely dry area with little water and few plants

A biome where grasses are the main plant life

regions of earth between the tropics and the polar circles

Dense forests of coniferous evergreens along the northern edge of the temperate zone

An extremely cold, dry biome.

A measure of the amount of dissolved salts in a given amount of liquid

A land area that is covered with a shallow layer of water during some or all of the year

A habitat in which the fresh water of a river meets the salt water of the ocean.

intertidal zone

Portion of the shoreline that lies between the high and low tide lines

the most diverse marine biome on Earth, found in warm, shallow waters beyond the shoreline

ecological succession

the process of one ecological community gradually changing into another

climax community

A stable, mature community that undergoes little or no change in species over time

pioneer species

First species to populate an area during primary succession

is the process of a body of water becoming nutrient rich

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