Terrestrial Enviroments

Question 1

Tropical Rainforest

Answer 1

a. near equator
b. over 2,000 mm a year
c. constant warm temp.
d. evergreen and deciduous trees
e. dense plant life
f. little light can penetrate tree canopy

Question 2

Tropical Seasonal Forest and Savannas

Answer 2

a. near the tropics of Capricorn (23.5 south) and Cancer (23.5 north)
b. wet and dry periods of rainfall
c. fewer trees and shorter vegetation
d. deciduous trees
e. seasonal flooding of woodlands and savannas
f. savannas are dense grasslands with trees and shrubs intermixed

Question 3

Hot Deserts

Answer 3

a. long period without precipitation
b. succulent plants
c. some plants life cycles are a couple of weeks
d. world major deserts include: Sahara (africa) arabian (asia) atacama (South America) chihauhuan, sonoran, and mojave ( North America)

Question 4

Temperate grasslands

Answer 4

a. long periods of freezing temp.
b. cold,dry winter
c. warm, moist summer
d. disturbed by fire and grazing by large herbivores

Question 5

Temperate shrublands and woodlands

Answer 5

a. winter rainy seasons
b. vegetation is small statured
c. shrubs and infrequent small trees
d. plants adapted to long dry periods
e. fall in the rain shadow (leeward) side of the mountain ranges
f. great basin of North America

Question 6

Temperate deciduous forest

Answer 6

a. cold winters
b. warm summers
c. all four seasons
d. eastern North America
e. Eastern and Western edges of Eurasia

Question 7

Temperate evergreen forests

Answer 7

a. warm coastal areas
b. high precipitation
c. temperate rainforest
d. souls nutrient poor
e. needle-leaf conifers (pines, firs, hemlocks, and junipers)
f. north-western U.S.

Question 8

Terrestrial biomes are classified in terms of what?

Answer 8

temperature, precipitation, and major plant life

Question 9

Boreal forests

Answer 9

a. temperatures below freezing for over 6 months
b. above 50 degrees latitude
c. air temperatures can reach -50 degrees C
d. soil may freeze for long periods of time
e. coniferous trees and shrubs
f. decomposition of plants slow because of cold temperatures
g. large build up of organic material

Question 10

Tundra

Answer 10

a. above 60 degrees latitude
b. Permafrost: a permanent frozen subsurface soil layer
c. sedges, grasses, forbs, shrubs, mosses, and lichens
d. arctic and edges of the Antartica Peninsula