15.3 – Biomes Flashcards
what are the six major biomes of earth?
tropical rain forest, grasslands, desert, temperate forest, taiga, tundra
Earth has six_
major biomes
_Biomes produce lush forests
tropical rain forest
_Biomes are where the primary plant life is grass.
grassland
_Grasslands are dry and warm during the summer; most precipitation falls as snow
temperate
_Biomes are characterized by very a very arid climates
Desert
_Biomes include deciduous forest and rain forest
temperate forest
_Trees are the dominant plant species in temperate forest biomes
deciduous
The temperate rainforest have a_wet season and relatively_summer
- Long
2. dry
_Biome is located in the cooler northern climates
taiga
_Biome is found in the far northern latitudes with long winters
tundra
minor biomes, such as_, occur globally on a smaller scale
Chaparrall
_And_are not considered biomes
polar ice caps and mountains
_Have no soil, therefore no plant community
polar ice caps
The climate and organisms found on_change as the elevation changes
mountains
_Are land base, global communities
biomes
A biome is a_of organisms
major community
_Temperatures and_precipitation all year is in a tropical rain forest biome
- warm
2. abundant
tropical grasslands are warm through the year, with definite_and_seasons
dry and rainy
Desert biomes have a very_amount of precipitation
Low
there are four types of deserts what are they?
Hot, semi arid, coastal, and cold
temperate deciduous forest have_summers and_winters
- Hot
2. cold
and temperate rainforests,_and Moss cover the forest floor
ferns
taiga biomes are also_forests, called _ trees, they have_winters and_summers, and they have a _amount of precipitation
- boreal
- evergreen
- long
- short
- small
and a tundra biome winter last_ months, there is_and_precipitation
- 10
- permafrost
- Limited
