Term
| describe Tropical Rainforest |
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Definition
1)Most complex biome, direct sunlight(Food web can be 300 species in 1 acre)
2)Most rainfall, constant rainfall
3)Soil sucks; clay has no nutrients due to direct nutrient cycling |
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Term
| Describe Savannas (aka...?) |
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Definition
TROPICAL GRASSLANDS
1)not as much rain as rainforests
2)frequent fires caused by lightning(<-- =ADAPTION TO FIRE)
3)rain fall is seasonal, annually dry season |
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Definition
1)less than 30cm of rain a yr
2)ONLY BIOME THAT IS GROWING(closest to grasslands, deserts are made from grasslands)
3)Low, widely scattered vegetation
-Animal:Many survive on h2o from metabolic breakdown of carbs in seeds |
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Term
| Explain a basic detail of Temperate Zones and also name the 3 temperate zones |
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Definition
1)no extremes, which makes it not too hot or too cold
2)Chaparral(Temperate Shrub Lands), Temperate Grasslands, Temperate Deciduous Forest |
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| Describe Chaparral (aka...?) |
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Definition
1)aka TEMPERATE SHRUB LAND
2)moved away from equator
3)waist high shrubs and small trees
4)LONG DRY summers, COOL WET winters
5)LOTS OF FIRES but PLANTS have ADAPTED (N. Africa & So Cal)
6)WETABILITY |
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Term
| Describe Temperate Grasslands (aka...?) |
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Definition
1)aka: Praries (U.S.), Steppes (Asia), Tampas (S. America), Veldt (Africa)
2)No trees, temps -40 to 120 degrees
3)Wiped out bisen, cattle&wheat
4)KS-E. CO=short grass, KS-more east=tall grass
5)ADAPTED TO FIRE |
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Term
| Describe Temperate Deciduous Forests |
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Definition
| 1) huge trees ( mostly oak and hickory in MO.) |
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Term
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Definition
1)20% of earths land surface, POLAR GRASSLAND, treeless biome, northern limits of plant growth
2)little grass Icm tall
3)PERMAFROST - continuously frozen ground
3)home to reindeer, caribou, lemming muskoxen (bunny w/horns)
4)CO is a tundra w/o permafrost |
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Term
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Definition
1)BOREAL FOREST
2)ONLY PINE
3)short summer, long winter
4)LARGEST BIOME IN N. AMERICA & WORLD
5)none in S. America |
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Term
What is wettability? When does it happen?
What can be an outcome of wettability? this is associated with what biome? |
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Definition
-Chemicals sink a meter deep into the soil forming a water proof layer under soil.
-Chaparral (Temperate Shrub Land)
-Cali winters = LOTS OF RAIN
-The layer above the water proof layer can create a MUDSLIDE |
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Term
| What is serotiny? what trees have this? |
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Definition
-Pine trees that have unripen pine cones(defense against fire that releases chemical)
- JACK PINE AND LODGEPOLE PINE have this |
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