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Biomes Flashcards

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For the Biome, provide: Latitude, Climate, Rainfall, Soil and Biology

Tropical Rainforest

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  • 10
  • High/constant
  • very high
  • poor
  • Grow vertical, exploit the staple foods
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For the Biome, provide: Latitude, Climate, Rainfall, Soil and Biology

Tropical Dry forest

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  • 10-25
  • seasonal
  • wet/dry
  • rich, but can erode
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For the Biome, provide: Latitude, Climate, Rainfall, Soil and Biology

Tropical Savannah

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  • 10-20
  • wet/dry
  • wet/dry
  • low H2O perm.
  • 2-D livestock pressure
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For the Biome, provide: Latitude, Climate, Rainfall, Soil and Biology

Desert

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  • 30
  • Hot
  • Mostly Drought
  • low organic soil
  • many endemic species
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For the Biome, provide: Latitude, Climate, Rainfall, Soil and Biology

Woodland

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  • everywhere except antartica
  • cool and moist/ hot and dry
  • wet/dry
  • fragile. moderate fertility
  • evergreen trees and shrubs
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For the Biome, provide: Latitude, Climate, Rainfall, Soil and Biology

Temperate Grassland

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  • widespread
  • periodic drought
  • moderate
  • rich
  • herbaceous, no trees. roaming ungulates
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For the Biome, provide: Latitude, Climate, Rainfall, Soil and Biology

Temperate Forest

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  • 40-50
  • seasonal
  • wet/ less wet
  • fertile
  • long deciduous season/ short conifer season
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For the Biome, provide: Latitude, Climate, Rainfall, Soil and Biology

Boreal Forest

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    • 60 only; no land masses in lower hemisphere
  • cold
  • very low
  • thin, acidic. low fertility
  • evergreens and high animal diversity
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For the Biome, provide: Latitude, Climate, Rainfall, Soil and Biology

Tundra

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  • 60-90
  • cool and dry. short summer
  • low
  • permafrost; low decomposition rates
  • native animals
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For the Biome, provide: Latitude, Climate, Rainfall, Soil and Biology

Mountain

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  • scattered belts
  • variable with elevation
  • n/a
  • well-drained, thin
  • variable with elevation
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Tropical rainforest

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Tropical Dry Forest

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Tropical Savannah

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Desert

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Woodland

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Temperate Grassland

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Temperate Forest

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Boreal Forest

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Tundra

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