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| Biome.World Biomes. | Is a large-scale ecosystem.Tundra.Taiga.Grassland.Deciduous forest.Desert,and Tropical rain forest. |
| Climate zone. | Is a region through out which yearly patterns of temperature rainfall, and amount of sunlight are similar. |
| Intertidal zone. | Is an area where the tide and churning waves provide a constant supply of oxigen and nutrients to living organisms. |
| Near-shore zone. | Is an area beyond the breaking waves that extends to waters that are about 180 m deep. |
| Open-ocean zone. | It includes most of the ocean water. In this zone the water is very deep,but most organisms live near the surface. |
| Estuary. | Is the place where a freshwater river empties into an ocean. |
| Freshwater Ecosystems. | Are Lakes, ponds,streams,rivers,some marshes,and swamps are all freshwater ecosystems. |
| Saltwater Ecosystems.( 1 ) | Varieties of saltwater ecosystems exist because of differences in sunlight, nutrients in the water. |
| Tropical rain forests.( 1 ) | Tropical rain forests are found near the Equator.The climate of tropical rain forests is also very wet.It rains almost every day. |
| Ecosystem. | A community and its physical environment together. |
| Biomes and Climates. | in North America there are six large-scale systems called Biomes.Each biome has characteristic plants and animals adapted to the conditions there. |
