Biomes and biodiversity Flashcards
Tropical Rainforest
Tropic of cancer and tropic of capricorn
Temperate Rainforest
caniferious and broad leaf with high amount of rain fall
Temperate Deciduous Forest
broad leaf forests dominated by trees that lose there leafs every year
Taiga
Snow forest. lots of spruces and larches
Savanna
rolling grass land scattered with trees
Temperate Grasslands
big grassland that includes tropical savannas
Chaparral
vegetation consisting chiefly of tangled shrubs and thorny bushses
desert
Low level of rainfall Hot dry land
Tundra
vast, flat, treeless arctic region
lakes and ponds
bodys of water
Marsh and swamps
swamp lands
Rivers
flows from one point to another
Estuaries
freshwater flow into ocean
Coral Reef
rock in sea formed by growth and deposit of coral
Open Ocean
water near coast or continental shelf