wildlife biology Flashcards
Tropical Rain forest
it is a hot and humid place
Temperate Rain forest
woodland that has a temperate climate with heavy rainfall and that usually includes numerous kinds of trees.
Temperate Deciduous Forest
a variety of temperate forest ‘dominated’ by deciduous trees that lose their leaves each winter.
Taiga
the sometimes swampy coniferous forest of high northern latitudes.
Savanna
Its a mix between woodland and grasslands
Temperate Grassland
They have grass as the number one vegetation
Chaparral
It is a dense impenetrable thicket of shrubs or dwarf trees.
Desert
it is a very warm climate with little to none vegetation
Tundra
it is a cold biome with a treeless plain
Lakes and Ponds
they are little to big water sources were freshwater animals live
marshes and swamps
they are the everglades and were alligators live
Rivers
it is a long water source that is normally straight and flows down hill
Estuaries
coastal water body where freshwater from rivers and streams mixes with salt water from the ocean
Coral Reefs
it is were all of the sea plants and were the big rocks are in the water
Open Ocean
the area outside of the coastal waters
