Biomes and Biodiversty Flashcards
Tropical Rainforest
Is a biodome located around the area of the 28 degree on the earth. Located between the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn. There is much rainfall here, and high heats.
Temperate Rainforest
Are areas where maples commonly grow. They grow very board leaves and have a lot pf rainfall.
Temperate Deciduous Forest
These forest go through the four seasons of the year, they have rainfall, in all but the winter months. This is located closer to the tundras.
Tagia
Snow Forest also called a Boreal Forest. Named in Russia Is the worlds largest biome.
Savanna
A very hot and grassy land, sparse with trees. This is located in Africa and only has two seasons a dry and rainy season
Temperate Grassland
Grasslands that have large parries and grasslands. Commonly seen in North America
Chaparral
Found in most commonly coastal regions. These are commonly found in the mederatian region. These are thorny bushes found here.
Desert
This is a hot and warm cilamte. It is very hostile and their is very little rainfall.
Tundra
Growth is hindered very cold environment, this is common in Canada, and Russia.
Lakes and Ponds
This is an area that has aqua-water where fish and many other people do live and survive in many cases. This is a very large and diverse region
Marsh and Swamps
Is much like lakes and ponds, the most famous of these is the Florida Evergreens in the state of Florida.
Rivers
Are large sections of land that are very similar to lakes. These cover very large portions of the earth and carve many places in the earth, two famous ones are The Nile and the Mississippi River.
Estuaries
This is where rivers merge with the ocean or seas. These hold very diverse wildlife and fishing exports.
Coral Reefs
This is a shelf created in the ocean, this holds most of the fish wildlife in the whole worlds oceans.
Open Ocean
This biome covers most of the world and has the most diverse region ever and on the planet.