| A | B |
|---|
| similar climates, plants, animals | biomes |
| Northernmost forest biome | coniferous forest |
| biome that recieves less than 25 cm of rainfall | desert |
| organisms found in a tudra biome | caribou |
| coniferous trees produce seeds in this structure | cones |
| plant that lives in a desert because it has a fleshy stalk | cactus |
| land biome with at least 200 cm rainfall yearly | tropical rain forest |
| running water in a freshwater biome | stream |
| 70% of the earth's surface | marine biome |
| trees that shed their leaves | deciduous |
| found in a freshwater biome | waterlily |
| NOT used to classify biomes | human populations |
| North Pole biome | tundra |
| top layer of a forest | canopy |
| Coniferous forest found here | Canada |
| Trees with waxy needles | evergreens |
| average weather over a period of time | climate |
| frozen soil in the tundra biome | permafrost |
| Biome in Northeast United States | deciduous forest |
| Biome that has most varied animal life | tropical rain forest |
| movement of living organims from one place to another | migration |
| most marine organisms live here | near the surface or the shore |
| allows plants to live in rapidly running water | strong roots |
| the ocean | marine biome |
| plantlike organism made of algae and fungi | lichen |
| microscopic plant-life in the ocean | phytoplankton |
| grassland with scattered trees | savannah |
| 3.5% of water in marine biome | salt |
