Biomes and layers of the Earth

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biomes

A large ecosystem with generally the same climate and organisms

The mantle

The layer of earth between the crust and the core?

biosphere

Together all the biomes make up the.......

Crust, mantle, outer core, and inner core

What are the layers of the earth?

Continental Crust and Oceanic crust

What are the two kinds of crust?

The top part of Earth's mantle together with the crust.

What forms the lithosphere?

seismograph

What instrument records earthquake waves?

The crust

What is the Earth's outermost and thinnest layer?

The core

What is the center part of the earth called?

Rainforest biome

What kind of biome has large amounts of rain and thick plant growth?

Grassland Biomes

What kind of biome is covered with many types of grasses and have few trees

Tundra Biome

What kind of biome is very cold with little rain?

Desert Biome

What kind of biome receives less than 25 centimeters of rain or snow each year?

Taigo Biome

What kind of forest biome is in places that are cold and fairly dry?

Inner core is solid. Outer core is liquid

Which core is liquid and which is solid? (inner and outer core)

Core

Which layer of the earth is made of iron?


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