Biomes Flashcards
Tropical Rainforest
A Forest that gets a lot of rain and it’s very warm
Temperate Rainforest
Forest that gets a lot of rain
Temperate Deciduous Forest
are dominated by trees that lose their leaves each year. They are found in areas with warm, moist summers and mild winters. The three major areas of this forest type occur in the Northern Hemisphere: eastern North America, eastern Asia, and Europe.
Taiga
the sometimes swampy coniferous forest of high northern latitudes, especially that between the tundra and steppes of Siberia and North America.
Savanna
a grassy plain in tropical and subtropical regions, with few trees.
Chaparral
vegetation consisting chiefly of tangled shrubs and thorny bushes.
Desert
a sandy place
Tundra
cold place
Lake and Ponds
water
Marsh and Swamps
plants and lots of water
Rivers
big long body of atwer
estuaries
not sure
Coral Reefs
in the ocean
Open Ocean
nothing but ocean
Littoral Zone
is the near shore area where sunlight penetrates all the way to the sediment and allows aquatic plants (macrophytes) to grow. Light levels of about 1% or less of surface values usually define this depth