Biomes Flashcards
Desert
High temperature
Low precipitation
Fewer plants and animals
Rainforest
High Temperature
High precipitation
High diversity
Grassland
High temperature
Distinct wet and dry seasons
Mostly of grass and fewer trees
Deciduous Forest
Loses leaves
Mild temperature
High precipitation
Mediterranean biome
Scrub, bushes
High temperatures
Low precipitation in summer
Coniferous forest
Long winters
Short mild summers
Minimal rainfall
Pine trees
Tundra
Soil is frozen
Minimal species
Polar habitat
Minimal species
Cold temperatures
Lack of precipitation
Biomes
Large areas that are dominated by a major vegeitation type
Ecosystems
Included all of the living things in a given area, interacting with each other, and also with their non-living environments
5 biomes
- Aquatic
- Desert
- Forests
- Grassland
- Tundra
Climate
An average daily weather
How are biomes characterised
Precipitation and temperature
Crop yield
both the measure of the yield of a crop per unit area of cultivation
Human alterations to biomes
- Deforestation
- Population
- Climate change
- Clearing land
- introduced species