Biomes 2 Flashcards
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Temperate broadleaf forest
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A biome located throughout midlatitude regions, where there is sufficient moisture to support the growth of large, broadleaf deciduous trees
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Coniferous
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A biome characterized by conifers, cone- beating evergreens trees
3
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Temperate rainforest
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Coniferous forest of coastal North America (from Alaska or Oregon) supported by warm, moist air from the Pacific ocean
4
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Tundra
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A biome at northernmost limits a plants growth and at high altitudes characterized by dwarf woody shrubs, grasses, mosses and lichens
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Permafrost
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Continuously frozen ground found in the Arctic tundra
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Polar Ice
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A terrestrial biomes that includes regions of extremely cold temp and low precipitation located at high altitudes north of the Arctic tundra and in Antarctica
