Ch. 6 Key Terms Flashcards
Biome
A large region characterized by a specific type of climate and certain types of plants and animal communities.
Climate
It refers to the weather conditions like temperature, precipitation, humidity, and winds that occur a ling period of time.
Latitude
The distance north or south of the equator and is measured in degrees.
Altitude
The height of an object above sea level.
Tropical Rain Forests
They’re always humid, warm and get about 200 to 450 cm of rain a year.
Emergent layer
It’s the top layer that consists of the tallest trees, which reach heights of 60 to 70m.
Canopy
The next layer, considered the primary layer of the rain forest.
Epiphytes
It uses an entire surface of a tree as a place to live.
Understory
A very little light reaches to the next layer.
Temperature Rain Forest
Occurs in North America, Australia and New Zealand. They have large amounts of precipitation, high humidity and moderate temperatures.
Temperate Deciduous Forests
Trees drop their broad, flat leaves each fall.
Taiga
The northern coniferous forests that stretches in a broad band across the Northern Hemisphere just below the Arctic Circle.
Savanna
A tropical biome dominated by grasses, shrubs and small trees.
Temperate Grassland
It covers large areas of the interior of continents.
Chaparral
It’s a temperature shrubland biome that is found in all parts of the world with a Mediterranean climate.
