Chapter 4 - vocabulary

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Environmental Science - Holt, Reinhart and Winston, 2000

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benthic zone

the bottom of a body of water, which is inhabited by decomposers, insect larvae, and lams

biome

areas that have distinctive climates and ecosystems, usually named for plantlife because the plants that can grow in an area determine what other organisms can live there