Biomes Vocab Flashcards
a woodland with lots of rain and moisture, found in warm tropical places around the equator.
Tropical Rainforest
a woodland usually with lots of rain but has a dominant tree unlike a tropical rainforest
temperate rainforest
the type of forest we have around these parts
temperate deciduous forest
swampy coniferous forest of high northern latitudes, especially that between the tundra and steppes of Siberia and North America.
taiga
dry open grasslands in africa where zebra, giraffes and other african animals live
savanna
alot of types of grasslands as a whole
temperate grassland
plant life that consists of thorns and twisted shrubs
chaparral
biome full of sand where cactus grow
desert
cold biome with lots of snow and mostly just coniferous trees
tundra
collections of still water that are not nearly as big as seas and oceans
lakes and ponds
areas like here in Braham where the land is mushy and watery
marshes and swampland
bodies of water that moves
rivers
the tidal mouth of a large river, where the tide meets the stream
estuary
places in the ocean with lots of coral and fish species and is basically a city underwater
coral reef
the main body of the ocean
open ocean
