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Unit B CH 1 Where living things are Found
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3rd Grade
09/16/2012

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- an area in which the main plants are trees
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forest
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- a forest in which most trees lose and regrow their leaves each year
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deciduous forest
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a hot, wet forest where the trees grow very tall and their leaves stay green all year
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tropical rain forest
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an ecosystem where there is very little rain
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desert
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an ecosystem made up of large, flat areas of land that are covered with grass
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grassland
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- water that has very little salt in it
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fresh water
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the things, both living and nonliving, that surround a living thing
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environment
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- a group of the same kind of living thing that all live in one place at the same time
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population
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the living and nonliving things in an environment
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ecosystem
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all the populations of organisms that live in an ecosystem
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community
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the place where a population lives in an ecosystem
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habitat
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a thick forest with tall trees that gets a lot of rain and does not get very warm or cold
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coastal forest
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water that has a lot of salt in it
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salt water
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a forest in which most of the trees are conifers (cone-bearing) and stay green all year
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coniferous forest
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