Es Exam Practice

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Shape of the orbit of planets

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elliptical

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Water, sunlight, wood, wind

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Renewable Resources

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Affects the survival and health of organisms
Sprayed into atmosphere

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Pollutants

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Three types of rocks

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Igneous, Sedimentary, Metamorphic

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Surface layer, thermocline, bottom layer

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Three layers of the ocean

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Layer of atmosphere containing ozone

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Stratosphere

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Movement of liquids and gases

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Convection

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Earth's outer layer

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Crust

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Middle layer of Earth

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Mantle

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Innermost layer of Earth

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Core

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Made of crust and outer layer of mantle

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Lithosphere

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Process that changes one type of rock into any other
Formation, breakdown, and reformation of rocks

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Rock Cycle

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Formed by melting

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Igneous Rock

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Formed by heat and pressure

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Metamorphic Rock

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Formed by weathering and erosion

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Sedimentary Rock

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All the living and nonliving parts of an area

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Ecosystem

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Caused by plates colliding

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Earthquakes or Mountain formation

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Covers 75% of the Earth

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Oceans/Water

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Comprises 97% of all the water on Earth

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Saltwater/Oceans

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Site of most of the freshwater on Earth

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Polar Ice Caps/Glaciers

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Layer of atmosphere in which we live

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Troposphere

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Rusting is an example

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Chemical weathering

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Rock made from volcanoes

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Igneous

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Least explosive volcano
Hawaiian Islands

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Shield

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Water held underground

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Groundwater

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Where freshwater is found

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lakes, river, streams

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Place in atmosphere where temperature declines rapidly

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Thermocline

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Separates two air masses

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Front

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Layers of atmosphere

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Troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere

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Direction wind generally blows in Northern hemisphere (USA)

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West to East

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Warmest layer of atmosphere

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Thermosphere

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Example of renewable energy

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Solar, wind, geothermal, water

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Gas that depletes ozone layer

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Chlorofluorocarbons (aerosols)

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Rock formation, fossils, ancient climate

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Evidence of continental drift

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Single land mass

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Pangaea

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Process that forms new ocean crust at mid-ocean ridges, and destroys old ocean crust at deep-sea trenches

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Sea-floor spreading

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Boundary where two tectonic plates slide horizontally

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Transform boundaries (faults)

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Periodic rise and fall in sea level
Caused by the moon

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Tides

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Cycle in which water is always moving and recycling

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Water Cycle

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Opening that allows magma to the surface

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Volcano

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Two tectonic plates moving apart

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Divergent

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Discovered theory of continental drift

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Wegner

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Wave caused by earthquake on ocean floor

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Tsunami

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Measures air pressure

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Barometer

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Measures temperature

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Thermometer

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Measures wind speed

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Anemometer

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All the water on Earth

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Hydrosphere

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Exists in finite amounts

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Non-renewable resources

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Feathery clouds

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Cirrus

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Cotton-like clouds

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Cumulus

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Storm cloud

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Cumulonimbus

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Blocks UV rays from the sun

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Ozone layer

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Metals, fossils fuels, plastics

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Nonrewable resources

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Steps in Water Cycle

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Precipitation
Runoff
Infiltration
Evaporation
Condensation

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Violent storm caused by low pressure; characterized by funnel cloud with high winds

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Tornado

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Change in direction of the Earth's axis without any change in tilt

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Precession

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Wobbling around of the Earth's axis 1/2 degree in one direction or another
Occurs over an 18 year period

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Nutation

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Point between two objects where they balance each other

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Barycenter

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Energy from the sun

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Radiation

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Caused by water freezing and expanding

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Physical Weathering

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Front characterized by lots of rain

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Cold Front

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Pressure characterized by lots of rain

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Low Pressure

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Pressure characterized by clear skies and cooler temperatures

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High Pressure

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Youngest part of the sea-floor

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In the middle

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Oldest part of the sea-floor

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On the edges

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Process where plants lose water to the atmosphere

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Transpiration

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Forms from decaying or rotting plants; precursor to fossil fuels

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Peat

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Would prevent the Dust Bowl

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Crop Rotation

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Keeps soil fertile

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Crop Rotation

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Where fusion of hydrogen and helium atoms occurs

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The sun or stars

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How the sun makes energy

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Fusion

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Gas that causes global warming

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Carbon Dioxide

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Process where continents move on Earth

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Continental Drift

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Mechanism for the movement of Earth's plates

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Plate Tectonics

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Explosive volcanoes

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Cinder Cone

Composite

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Line with half circles on weather map

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Warm front

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Line with triangles on weather map

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Cold front

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What Hawaiian Islands formed over

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Hot Spot

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Plant fossil found on several continents

Evidence of continental drift

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Glossopteris

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Liquid layer of Earth that moves

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Mantle

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Layer of Earth where convection occurs

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Mantle

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Reason to plant trees near a farm

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Prevent wind erosion

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Mechanism for plate tectonics (what causes plates to move)

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Mantle Convection

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Two plates moving together

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Convergent

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Mouth of a river

Formed by deposition of sediment

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Delta

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Why the equator has more biodiversity

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The equator receives more sunlight

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Contour lines of composite volcanoes (stratavolcanoes}

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Steep

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Forms rift valleys on ocean floor

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divergent plates

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Caused by poor use of fertilizers

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pollution of water

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How you extract oil and gas

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Drilling

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Threatens wetlands

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Removing vegetation

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Increases nutrients to filter feeders

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Changing tides

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Refills aquifers

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Infiltration

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What happens to mineral production if population increases

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Increases

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Why NC has several different biomes

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Changes in elevation

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Occurs when sun, earth, and moon form a right angle; reduces the pull of the moon's gravity

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Neap Tide

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Occurs when the sun, earth, and moon are directly in line; increases gravitational pull

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Spring tide

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Climate in wetlands

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Warm and wet

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Areas with similar climate conditions

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Biomes

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Biomes found in water

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Aquatic Biomes

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Biomes found on land

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Terrestrial Biomes

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Coral Reef

Freshwater

Ocean

Wetlands

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Examples of aquatic biomes

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Tundra

Taiga

Desert

Tropical Rain Forest

Savanna

Temperate Deciduous Forest

Wetlands

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Examples of terrestrial biomes