Topic 2 Flashcards
A major regions that is characterized by its climate,soil type and the dominant plants, animals and other organisms that live there
Biome
Made up of many individuals ecosystems
Biome
Types of Biomes
- Tundra
- Desert
- Grassland
- Coniferous forest
- Temperature deciduous forest
- Tropical rainforest
Weather conditions over a long period of time
Climate
Gets colder the higher up you go
Altitude
Gets colder the farther north/south of the equator you go
Latitude
Most of food on Earth is grown between _____ degrees north and south of the equator
30-60
layer of soil that is always frozen.
Permafrost
Very short warm season that is very wet
Tundra
Is one of the most fragile biomes
Coniferous forest
Coniferous forest is found in _____
Northern Hemisphere
Nearly constant daylight in summer
Coniferous forest
Climate and amount of sunlight can vary tremendously between each season.
Temperate deciduous forest
Deciduous trees lose their leaves in fall.
Temperate deciduous forest
characterized by their tall, perennial grasses and lack of trees
Grassland
2 types of grassland
- Tropical grassland
- Temperate grassland
Types of grassland between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn, hot year-round, very dry, season of heavy rain.
Tropical grassland
Types of grassland in north of the Tropic of Cancer or south of the Tropic of Capricorn, cold winters and hot summers
Temperate grassland
Get less than 25 cm of rain each year
Desert
Often located on the dry side of mountain ranges
Desert
Contain over half of the world’s plant and animal species live here. All fit into only 7 percent of the world’s land.
Tropical rainforest
a graph that shows average monthly values for two factors: temperature and precipitation.
Climatogram
is expressed in degrees Celsius and is plotted as a smooth curve
Temperature
values are given in centimeters and are plotted as a histogram.
Precipitation
