15.3 – Biomes Flashcards

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what are the six major biomes of earth?

A

tropical rain forest, grasslands, desert, temperate forest, taiga, tundra

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Earth has six_

A

major biomes

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_Biomes produce lush forests

A

tropical rain forest

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_Biomes are where the primary plant life is grass.

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grassland

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_Grasslands are dry and warm during the summer; most precipitation falls as snow

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temperate

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_Biomes are characterized by very a very arid climates

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Desert

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_Biomes include deciduous forest and rain forest

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temperate forest

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_Trees are the dominant plant species in temperate forest biomes

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deciduous

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The temperate rainforest have a_wet season and relatively_summer

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  1. Long

2. dry

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_Biome is located in the cooler northern climates

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taiga

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_Biome is found in the far northern latitudes with long winters

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tundra

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minor biomes, such as_, occur globally on a smaller scale

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Chaparrall

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_And_are not considered biomes

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polar ice caps and mountains

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_Have no soil, therefore no plant community

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polar ice caps

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The climate and organisms found on_change as the elevation changes

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mountains

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_Are land base, global communities

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biomes

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A biome is a_of organisms

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major community

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_Temperatures and_precipitation all year is in a tropical rain forest biome

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  1. warm

2. abundant

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tropical grasslands are warm through the year, with definite_and_seasons

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dry and rainy

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Desert biomes have a very_amount of precipitation

A

Low

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there are four types of deserts what are they?

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Hot, semi arid, coastal, and cold

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temperate deciduous forest have_summers and_winters

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  1. Hot

2. cold

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and temperate rainforests,_and Moss cover the forest floor

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ferns

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taiga biomes are also_forests, called _ trees, they have_winters and_summers, and they have a _amount of precipitation

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  1. boreal
  2. evergreen
  3. long
  4. short
  5. small
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and a tundra biome winter last_ months, there is_and_precipitation

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  1. 10
  2. permafrost
  3. Limited