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African Savannas, California Chaparrals, North American grasslands, and Pine forests of the southern united states are......
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Fire-Adapted Ecosystems
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Earth has many____ based primarily on temperature and precipitation differences.
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Climates
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A ____ is quite large in area and encompasses many interacting ecosystems
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Biome
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What are the nine major biomes in the world?
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Tundra, Boreal forest, temperate rain forest, temperate decidious forests, temperate grassland, Chaparral, desert, savanna, tropical rain forest.
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____ occurs in the extreme northern latitudes wherever the snow melts seasonally
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Tundra
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____ permanently frozen ground that varies in depth and thickness.
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Permafrost
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Tundra has low ____ and low ____
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Species richness, primary productivity
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____ is a similar ecosystem located in the higher elevations of mountains, above the tree line.
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Alpine Tundra
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Just south of the tundra is ____
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Boreal Forest
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A coniferous ____ occurs on the northwest coast of north America.
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Temperate rain forest
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A single species
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Monoculture
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Seasonality is characteristic of the ____, which occurs in temperate areas where precipitation ranges from about 75 to 150 cm annually
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Temperate deciduous forest
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Summers are hot, winters are cold, and rainfall is often uncertain in ____
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Temperate Grasslands
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Most temperate grasslands or ____ occur in the united states in parts of Illinois, Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas and other Midwestern states.
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Tallgrass prairies
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____ are temperate grasslands that receive less precipitation than the moist temperate grasslands but more precipitation than deserts
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Shortgrass prairies
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