| A | B |
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| coastal forest | A forest of tall trees growing where there is a lot of rain and the weather is not very hot or cold |
| salt water | Oceans and seas contain this type of water |
| desert | an ecosystem that gets very little rainfall |
| coniferous forest | A forest with evergreen trees that have cones with seeds |
| forest | An area that has trees as its main plants |
| tropical rain forest | A forest that grows in a hot, rainy place |
| grasslands | large, flat areas where tall grasses grow |
| deciduous forest | a forest that has trees that lose and regrow their leaves each year |
| fresh water | lakes, rivers, ponds, and streams contain this type of water |
| environment | everything (both living and non-living) that surround a living thing |
| habitat | a place where a population lives in an ecosystem |
| community | all the populations of organisms that live in an ecosystem |
| population | a group of the same kind of living thing that all live in one place at the same time |
| ecosystem | the living and nonliving things in an environment |
