chapter 6 Flashcards
biome
a large naturally occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat
climate
the weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period
latitude
a geographic coordinate that specifies the north–south position of a point on the Earth’s surface
atitude
feeling, position, ect. with regard to a person or thing
tropical rain forest
climate in which there is no dry season
emergent layer
top layer of a rainforest
canopy
an ornamental cloth covering hung or held up over something
epiphyte
a plant that grows on another plant but is not parasitic
understory
a layer of vegetation beneath the main canopy of a forest
temperate rain forest
coniferous or broadleaf forests that occur in the temperate zone
temperate deciduous forest
variety of temperate forest dominated by trees that lose their leaves each year.
taiga
the sometimes swampy coniferous forest of high northern latitudes
savanna
a grassy plain in tropical and subtropical regions, with few trees
temperate grassland
characterized as having grasses as the dominant vegetation
chaparral
scrubland or heathland plant community
