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Chapter 34, Problem 5TYK
Limited to small coastal areas
a. chaparral
b. savanna
c. taiga
d. temperate broadleaf forest
e. temperate grassland
f. tropical rain forest
g. arctic tundra
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Ch. 34 - You have seen that Earths terrestrial biomes...Ch. 34 - The most complex and diverse biome a. chaparral b....Ch. 34 - Ground permanently frozen a. chaparral b. savanna...Ch. 34 - Prob. 4TYKCh. 34 - Limited to small coastal areas a. chaparral b....Ch. 34 - Spruce, fir, pine, and hemlock trees a. chaparral...Ch. 34 - Home of ants, antelopes, and lions a. chaparral b....Ch. 34 - Prob. 8TYKCh. 34 - Prob. 9TYKCh. 34 - What makes the Gobi Desert of Asia a desert? a....
Ch. 34 - Prob. 11TYKCh. 34 - Prob. 12TYKCh. 34 - Phytoplankton are the major photosynthesizers in...Ch. 34 - Prob. 14TYKCh. 34 - Prob. 15TYKCh. 34 - Prob. 16TYKCh. 34 - Prob. 17TYKCh. 34 - Aquatic biomes differ in levels of light,...Ch. 34 - In the climograph below, biomes are plotted by...Ch. 34 - Prob. 20TYKCh. 34 - SCIENTIFIC THINKING In 1954, workers at Michigan...
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