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succulent
noun
plant that stores water
biome
noun
a place with specific weather and animal conditions
abiotic
adjective
no life
watershed
noun
a place or area drained by a river, stream, etc.
canopy
noun
a roof over a forest made of leaves, branches, etc.
niche
noun
the rank of an animal in a community of plants and animals
detritus
noun
the eroded part of a rock
litter
noun
layer of decomposed stuff on top of the forest floor
succulent
noun
plant that stores water
biome
noun
a place with specific weather and animal conditions
abiotic
adjective
no life
watershed
noun
a place or area drained by a river, stream, etc.
canopy
noun
a roof over a forest made of leaves, branches, etc.
niche
noun
the rank of an animal in a community of plants and animals
detritus
noun
the eroded part of a rock
litter
noun
layer of decomposed stuff on top of the forest floor
emergent
noun
a plant whose roots are underwater while the restr of the plant is in air
benthic
adjective
being at the bottom of a pool of water
biodegradeable
adjective
capable of decaying through the action of living organisms
approximate
adjective
the right answer but not quite
rain shadow
noun
a place in the rainforest where there is less rain
desert
noun
a barren place where there is little rain
autotrophic
noun
something that lives by photosynthesis
ephemerals
noun
things with a short life
desertification
noun
the process where a place become a desert
tundra
noun
one of the vast, nearly level, treeless plains of the arctic regions of Europe, Asia, and North America
nocturnal
adjective
something that is active at night rather than day
bedrock
noun
the bottom layer of the ground
tropical
adjective
humid and hot
nekton
noun
organisms that move with water currents