Exploring the World Around You Vocabulary List 3

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Land Biomes
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  1. climate
    the weather in some location averaged over a period of time
  2. terrestrial
    of or relating to or characteristic of the planet Earth
  3. biosphere
    the regions of the Earth where living organisms exist
  4. rain shadow
    an area that has little precipitation because some barrier causes the winds to lose their moisture before reaching it
  5. tundra
    a vast treeless plain where subsoil is permanently frozen
  6. desert
    leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
  7. grassland
    land where grass or grasslike vegetation grows and is the dominant form of plant life
  8. prairie
    a treeless grassy plain
  9. plain
    simple
  10. pampas
    the vast grassy plains of northern Argentina
  11. steppe
    an extensive plain without trees
  12. savanna
    a flat grassland in tropical or subtropical regions
  13. tropical rain forest
    a rain forest in a tropical area
  14. leaching
    the process of leaching
  15. arboreal
    of or relating to or formed by trees
  16. epiphytic
    of or relating to epiphytes
  17. liana
    a woody climbing usually tropical plant
  18. acetone
    the simplest ketone
  19. deciduous
    shedding foliage at the end of the growing season
  20. biomass
    the total amount of living matter in a given unit area
  21. conifer
    a type of tree or shrub bearing cones
  22. chaparral
    dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes
  23. alpine
    relating to or characteristic of high mountains
  24. montane
    of or inhabiting mountainous regions
  25. wetland
    an ecosystem, like a bog or swamp, saturated with water
Created on 四月 19, 2010 (updated 四月 19, 2010)

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