| A | B |
|---|
| Climate | weather patterns from year to year |
| Biomes | Large communities with similar biotic and abiotic factors |
| Tropical climate | the climate where it is warm all year long |
| Polar Climate | the climate where it is cold most of the year |
| Temperate Climate | a climate with half the year being warm and half the year being cold |
| Temperature | the warmness or coldess recorded at a certain moment in time |
| Precipitation | the rain, sleet, hail or snow that comes form the clouds |
| Altitude | the distance you are from sea level |
| Latitude | the distance you are away from the equater north or south |
| Microclimates | small differences in a certain area |
| Tropical Rain Forest | The place where it rains almost every day and the temperatures stay warm all year long |
| Grassland | a place that grows many types of grasses and the land is fertile |
| Savannah | another name for grasslands |
| Desert | The hottest of all the biomes with little rain |
| Tundra | the coldest of all the biomes with little rain |
| Coniferous Forest | The area where trees stay green all year and the trees have cones |
| Decidious Forest | place where their are 4 seasons and the trees lose their leaves in the fall |
| Permafrost | the areas under the ground that stay frozen at all times |
| Veldt | grasslands in Africa |
| Pampas | grasslands in South America |
| Desertification | the making of new deserts |
| Littoral Zone | zone closest to the shore in the ocean |
| Sublittoral Zone | the most populated of the zones. It is in the middle between the other two zones |
| Pelagic Zone | deepest zone in the ocean |
| Marine Biome | the ocean areas |
| Freshwater Biomes | includes rivers streams, lakes, and ponds |
| Still Water | Fresh water that is not moving |
| Running Water | Fresh water that moves downstream |
| Estuaries | Where fresh water rivers runs into the ocean |
