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moisture:
- very present (humid)
- heavy rainfall daily

temp:
-uniformly warm

vegetation:
- variety of broadleaf evergreen
- no single tree dominates
- huge trees with shallow roots and wide bases
- little light to get through to the ground so little vegetation on ground level

animals:
- most animal life in canopy layer
- half of earths terrestrial species are here
- birds, bats, butterflies, bees, etc.

unique features:
- home of thousand insects that have yet to be identified

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Moisture: Little to no moisture, evaporation exceeds precipitation
Temperature: Tropical desert; Max of 30 degrees Celsius, Temperate Desert; max of 20 degrees Celsius, Polar; max of 25 degrees celsius
Vegetation: Very little vegetation like cacti and the Creosote Plant
Animals: camels, agave, jack rabbit, lizard, diamondback, kangaroo rat
Special Features: very, very dry

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moisture: water is frozen most of the year; snow falls and then melts in the "summer"; most precipitation is frozen

temperature: below freezing most of the year; global warming is melting the permafrost; short and intense growing season for 3 months in the "summer"

vegetation: small hearty vegetation; trees can not survive; willows, sedges, grasses, mosses, and lichens

animals: migratory birds including waterfowl, shorebirds, terns, and songbirds; animals that have adapted to the extreme winters include oxen, caribou, and alpine mountain goats and sheep

unique features: south of the artic ice caps; very short growing season; high latitudes on mountain tops; artic tundra has 24 hours of sunlight in the summer; essential for biodiversity for birds

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moisture:
-ample (a lot) rainfall or moisture from dense ocean fogs

Temperatures:
-mild winters and cool summers (due to ocean)
50 f - 70f

Vegetation:
-Leaves do not shed b/c of abundance of water
-Dominated by Evergreen trees
-lots of mosses and ferns
-little light reaches floor so little ground level vegetation

Animals:
-Large variety(small birds, insects, small mammals to large mammals and predatory birds)
-some hibernate
-many migrate in winter
-adapted by "camo"

Unique:
-in coastal areas

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moisture: soggy soil

temperature: summer = 76 f
winter = 30 f

vegetation: swamps= trees
marshes= no trees
bogs=saturated ground
fens= fed by ground water
vegetation has adapted to grow under saturated conditions

animals: essential for breeding and migrating birds. 1/3 of endangered species have spent part of their lives in a wetland

features: retain storm water and reduce flooding

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moisture: seasonal drought; low average precipitation; too moist for desert and too dry for forest

temperature: various average temperatures; winters are bitterly cold and summers are hot; periodic fires

vegetation: not many trees; many grasses with deep roots that are adapted to survive droughts, fires, and extreme hot or cold; fertile soil; herbaceous plants (forbs)

animals: grazing and browsing hoofed animals (ex. gazelles, zebras, giraffes, lions, antelopes, hyenas)

unique features: three types of grasslands (tropical, temperate, and polar); savanna and fertile soil are examples of grasslands; deeply rooted grasses

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moisture: winters are dry and summers are cool
temp.: extremely cold in the winter, cool to warm temp. in the summer, sun shines up to 19 hours a day

vegetation: plant diversity is low
most boreal forests dominated by coniferous evergreen trees

animals: variety of wildlife
year round animals include bears, wolves, moose, lynx, and rodents
in the summer animals include warblers and insect eating birds

unique features: many of these forests have been cleared and converted

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Moisture: They are saturated for part of the year
Temp: wetlands have pretty moderate temps with seasonal warming
vegetation: some have trees and woods some have peat
animals: water fowl, shore birds
unique features: wetlands are important in replenishing groundwater

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moisture: fully submerged
require 32-42 parts per thousand of salt in the water

temperature: warm (but not too warm)
higher temps. cause coral reef bleaching

vegetation: sea grass and eel grass beds occupy sandy areas near reefs

animals: fish, worms, crustaceans

unique features: protect shorelines and shelter fish species and other organisms

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Moisture: precipitation, Temp: Average temperatures change significantly with the season. Warm summers, cold winters. Vegetation: Fewer tree species, rich diversity of plant life at ground level. Animals: deer, squirrels, rabbits, raccoons, mice. Unique features: Disturbed by human activity more than any other terrestrial biome.