The ocean shore between the lowest low tide and the highest high tide.

Some things you might find in a desert biome.....

A stable community that no longer goes through major ecological changes.

Biomes located between the tropic and arctic regions whose seasons show greater variability and have lots of trees, shrubs, and grasses.

The living things in an environment.

A freshwater biome that is larger, deeper, and cooler than a pond.

An underwater structure made from outside skeletons of tiny, soft-bodied animals.

Biomes where grasses are the dominant plant.

A freshwater biome that forms when streams flow together.

A saltwater ecosystem that extends from the steep edges of the continental shelves to the deepest parts of the ocean.

The process where freshwater ecosystems change over time in a predictable sequence.

What is special about the leaves in a temperate deciduous forest?

A biome that is cold, dry, and treeless.

A freshwater biome that is shallow, full of nutrients, and does not flow.

Biome with warm temperatures, lots of precipitation, and thick tree cover.

The process where an already established ecosystem is disturbed, destroyed, or neglected and changes into another type of ecosystem.

Regions along coastlines where streams or rivers flow into a body of saltwater.

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

All of the non-living parts of an environment.

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

Aquatic ecosystems that have a thin layer of water covering soil that is wet most of the time.

The process of one ecological community gradually changing into another.

The first species to colonize new or undisturbed land.

A biome with higher temperatures during the day, colder at night, and very little rain.