chapter 6 key terms

Question 1

biome

Answer 1

a large naturally occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat

Question 2

climate

Answer 2

the weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period.

Question 3

latitude

Answer 3

the angular distance of a place east or west of the meridian at Greenwich, England, or west of the standard meridian of a celestial object, usually expressed in degrees and minutes.

Question 4

altitude

Answer 4

the height of an object or point in relation to sea level or ground level.

Question 5

Tropical Rain Forest

Answer 5

Tropical rainforests are rainforests that occur in areas of tropical rainforest climate in which there is no dry season all months have an average precipitation of at least 60 mm and may also be referred to as lowland equatorial evergreen rainforest.

Question 6

emergent layer

Answer 6

The emergent layer is where the tallest trees can be found

Question 7

canopy

Answer 7

The canopy layer is made up of the overlapping leaves and branches of the trees of the rainforest

Question 8

epiphyte

Answer 8

a plant that grows on another plant but is not parasitic, such as the numerous ferns, bromeliads, air plants, and orchids growing on tree trunks in tropical rainforests.

Question 9

understory

Answer 9

The understory is the underlying layer of vegetation in a forest or wooded area, especially the trees and shrubs growing between the forest canopy and the forest floor

Question 10

Temperate Rain Forest

Answer 10

The main areas of Temprеу rain forests occurrence are in South America; eastern Australia; southern China, Korea, and Japan; small areas of southeastern North America and southern Africa

Question 11

Temperate deciduous forest

Answer 11

The temperate deciduous forest is a biome that is always changing. It has four distinct seasons: winter, spring, summer and fall. Winters are cold and summers are warm

Question 12

Taiga

Answer 12

The taiga is a forest of the cold, subarctic region. The subarctic is an area of the Northern Hemisphere that lies just south of the Arctic Circle

Question 13

Savana

Answer 13

A savanna is a rolling grassland scattered with shrubs and isolated trees, which can be found between a tropical rainforest and desert biome

Question 14

Temperate

Answer 14

having a moderate climate which especially lacks extremes in temperature. found in or associated with moderate climate temperate insects. marked by moderation: such as. keeping or held within limits not extreme or excessive mild. moderate in the indulgence of appetite or desire

Question 15

grassland

Answer 15

Grassland, area in which the vegetation is dominated by a nearly continuous cover of grasses. Grasslands occur in environments conducive to the growth of this plant cover but not to that of taller plants, particularly trees and shrubs

Question 16

chaparral

Answer 16

chaparral, vegetation composed of broad-leaved evergreen shrubs, bushes, and small trees usually less than 2.5 m (about 8 feet) tall; together they often form dense thickets

Question 17

desert

Answer 17

Deserts are areas that receive very little precipitation. One thing all deserts have in common is that they are arid, or dry

Question 18

tundra

Answer 18

the tundra has patchy, low-to-ground vegetation consisting of small shrubs, grasses, mosses, sedges, and lichens

Question 19

permafrost

Answer 19

a thick subsurface layer of soil that remains frozen throughout the year, occurring chiefly in polar regions.