Aquatic and Terrestiral Biomes Flashcards
What are the three main zones
Tropical Biomes
Polar Biomes
Temperate Biomes
Which are in the Polar Zone
Tundra and Taiga
Which are in the Temperate Biomes
Temperate Rainforest
Temperate grassland
Temperate seasonal forest
Which are in the Tropical Biomes
Tropical Rainforest
Desert
Shurbland
Savanna
How much of our earth is land?
30%
How much of out land is water
70%
Taiga (Boreal, Northern Confiferous forest)
Low tempertures,
Low - Mid rainfall
Mostly in north
Ex. Scandinavia (Finland, Norway, and Sweden).
Tundra (Steppe)
Low rainfall
Low temperture
Near noth pole
Ex Alaska, Canada, Russia
Temperate Rainforest (Temperate Coniferous, Broad leaf forest)
Warm tempertures
Mid rainfall
Seasonish
ex Pacific Northwest in North America and Quinault, Queets, Hoh, and Bogachiel valleys
Temperate seasonal forest (Temperate deciduos forests)
Warm temperture
Mid rainfall
Ex. the Eastern Deciduous Forest stretches from Florida to Maine along the east coast and as far west as Texas and Minnesota
Temperate grassland (Praire)
Rainfall seasonal
temperate seasonal
Temperate + near equator
Ex Bad Lands of South Dakota and the Rolling Hills of Oklahoma
Tropical Rainforest
Same tempertures all year
Mid- High rainfall
near equator and tropical zone
Ex. Amazone rainforest
Desert
Low rainfall
high tempertures
Near equator
ex Egypt
Shrubland (chaparral, temerate woodlands)
Outskrits of conitnutes
Raifall is dependant of season
Warm - Hot
Ex. chaparral in California
Savanna
Hot temputers
low-mid rainfall
Lower half of equator
ex Northern Austrilia
Which bodies of water are fresh?
Streams/ rivers
lakes/ponds
Wetland
Which bodies of water are salt water
Mangrove swamps
Intertidal Zones
Oceans
Coral Reefs
Which body of water is different and why?
Salt marshes since they are half salt and half fresh water
Steams
Type of water Fresh
flow rate- High
Productivity- Medium
Rivers
Type of water Fresh
flow rate- High
Productivity- Medium
Lakes and ponds
Type of water- Fresh
flow rate- Still
Productivity- Low
Wetlands ( Swamps, Bog Marshes Swamps
Type of water- Fresh
flow rate- Still
Productivity- High
Margrove Swamps
Type of water- Salt
flow rate- Still
Productivity- High
Salt Marshes/Estuaries
Type of water- 1/2 salt 1/2 fresh
flow rate- Still
Productivity- High
Intertidal zone (sea shores/ tide pools)
Type of water- Salt
flow rate - High
Productivity - Low
Oceans
Type of water - Salt
flow rate - Varies (Low-Mid)
Productivity - Low
Coral Reefs
Type of water- Salt
flow rate- Varies
Productivity- High
