| A | B |
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| kayak | boat made of animal skins |
| bushmen | nomads of Austrailia |
| forest floor | layer of the rainforest that recieves on 1% of sunlight |
| armadillo | animal named for outer armor |
| deforestation | man's destruction of the rainforest |
| canopy | layer of the rainforest that is made up of the crowns of trees |
| understory | layer of the rainforest that is dense with small shrubs |
| transpiration | process of releasing moisture into the air |
| python | a constrictor snake that squeezes its prey to death |
| pygmies | tribe of short people that inhabit the rainforest |
| bantu | largest tribe in the African grasslands |
| temperate forest | another name for the decidious forest |
| decidious | means to shed leaves |
| dormant | a plant that is resting during the winter |
| Bromeliads | plants that grow in the canopy instead of on the ground |
| Strangler Fig | plant that grown on trees and encircles them eventually killing them |
| coniferous forests | made up of evergreen trees that bear cones and seeds |
| climax vegetation | main vegetation of an area over an extended period of time |
| taiga | another name for the coniferous forest biome |
| erosion | occurs when topsoil is carried away or moved by wind and other elements |
| tsetse fly | blood sucking insect found in the savanna that carries a parasite that can kill humans |
| evergreens | plants that keep their needle shaped leaves throughout the year |
| bison | animals who live in the praries of the U.S. tht have almost becone extinct becasue of hunting and habitat loss. |
| veldt | another name for the grasslands |
| grasshoppers | more of these live in the grasslands than any other insect or animal |
| keretin | a rhinoceros' horn is made of this and so is our hair and fingernail |
| permafrost | ground that is frozen solid year round |
| spontaneous generation | idea that nonliving organisms can produce living materials |
| hydroponics | growing plants without soil |
| oasis | place where seeping groundwater supports life |
| tundra | occupies almost 20% of the Earth's surface |
| Bactrian | camel with two humps |
| dromedary | camel with one hump |
| caribou | animal that lives in the tundra that feeds on lichens and migrate |
| lichens | resemble green flaking paint found in patches in the tundra |
| nomad | person who moves form place to place |
| Mongols | nomads of Central Asia |
| Bedouins | nomads of Northern Africa |
| estivation | semi-dormant state simlilar to hibernation |
| Pasteur | scientist who proved that live comes only from life |
| biotic | another name for living components |
| abiotic | another name for non-living components |
| Bushmen | nomads of Australia |
| ger | collapsible tent used for desert dwellers |
| topsoil | richest layer of soil that covers the surface of the ground where plants grow easiet and strongest |
