Biomes Flashcards

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15-25cm
-70-12C
Short grasses, shrubs, lichens
Soggy summers, permafrost, cold and dark most of the year

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Tundra

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30-84cm
-54- -21C
Spruce and fir trees, deciduous trees, small shrubs, evergreens, cedars
Summers are short and moist, winters are long, cold, and dry

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Boreal/ coniferous Forest

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15-150cm
-30-30C
Oak, beech, maple, shrubs
Well-defined seasons, summers are hot, winters are cold

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Temperate forest

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38-100cm
10-40C
Evergreen, oak, shrubs
Summers are hot a dry, winters are cool and wet

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Temperate Woodland and Shrubland

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50-89cm
-40-38C
Grasses, herbs, flowers
Summers are hot, winters are cold, moderate rainfall, fires possible

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Temperate grassland

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2-26cm
High and low temp
Cactus, succulents
Varying temperatures, low rainfall

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Desert

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50-130cm
20-30C
Grasses, huge scattered trees
Summers are hot and rainy, winters are cool and dry

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Tropical savanna

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200cm
20-25C
Deciduous and evergreens
Rainfall is seasonal

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Tropical seasonal forest

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200-1000cm
24-27C
Evergreens, bamboo, ferns, orchids
Humid all year, hot and wet

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Tropical rainforest

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