biomes vocab Flashcards
biome that occurs within 28 degrees north or south of equator
tropical rainforest
woodland that has a temperate climate with heavy rainfall and that usually includes numerous kinds of trees but differs from a tropical rain forest in having one or two very common major trees
temperate rainforest
a type of forest characterized by trees that seasonally shed their leaves
Temperate Deciduous Forest
the sometimes swampy coniferous forest of high northern latitudes, especially that between the tundra and steppes of Siberia and North America.
Taiga
a grassy plain in tropical and subtropical regions, with few trees.
Savanna
Temperate grasslands are a division of a larger biome grouping of grasslands that includes tropical savannas
Temperate Grassland
vegetation consisting chiefly of tangled shrubs and thorny bushes.
Chaparral
A desert is a barren area of land where little precipitation occurs and consequently living conditions are hostile for plant and animal life
Desert
a vast, flat, treeless Arctic region of Europe, Asia, and North America in which the subsoil is permanently frozen.
Tundra
An inland body of standing water
Lakes and Ponds
swamp is a place where the plants that make up the area covered in water are primarily woody plants or trees.
marsh has no woody plants
Marshes and Swamps
a large natural stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea, a lake, or another such stream.
Rivers
the tidal mouth of a large river, where the tide meets the stream.
Estuaries
a ridge of rock in the sea formed by the growth and deposit of coral.
Coral Reefs
contrasted with water that is near the coast or on the continental shelf
Open Ocean
near shore area where sunlight penetrates all the way to the sediment and allows aquatic plants (macrophytes) to grow
Littoral Zone
ecological region at the lowest level of a body of water such as an ocean or a lake, including the sediment surface and some sub-surface layers
Benthic Zone
organism that is not native and has negative effects on the world
Invasive Species
a species of animal or plant that is seriously at risk of extinction
Endangered Species
elatively sudden, global decrease in the diversity of life forms
Mass Extinction
