Module 3 Vocabulary - Biodiversity (Set 2)

A geographic area on Earth that contains ecosystems with similar biotic and abiotic features.

• ecosystem

• biome

• estuary

• ecosystem biodiversity

A biome that receives very little rain.

• grassland

• temperate

• desert

• taiga

A biome where grasses are the dominant plants.

• desert

• taiga

• estuary

• grassland

Forests that grow near the equator and experience heavy annual rainfall.

• temperate

• tropical rain forest

• taiga

• wetland

The term describing any region of Earth between the tropics and the polar circles.

• taiga

• estuary

• temperate

• coral reef

A forest biome consisting mostly of cone-bearing evergreen trees.

• tropical rain forest

• taiga

• estuary

• grassland

An aquatic ecosystem that has a thin layer of water covering soil that is wet most of the time.

• coral reef

• estuary

• wetland

• taiga

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