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| Temperate deciduous forest |
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Definition
-warm, mild growing season (of at least 4 months duration)
-cold harsh seasons-leaf dropling
-lots of animals(large and small)
-very rich soil-due to decomposing of leaf litter
-layers- canopy,shrub, field, ground |
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Term
| Coniferous forest (evergreens) |
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Definition
A.Taiga-long servere winters,lots of snow cover the evergreens(needle leaves)
many animals
B.Tundra-too cold and winters too longeven for conifers,a type of grassland, noted for permafrost-permantly frozen subsoil
-small stunted plants & some animals
SUMMER-insects breed & migratory birds |
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Term
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Definition
-on interiors of continents
-periodic drought
-flat terrain
-hot and cold season
-fires periodicly
-the plains and praires (lots of grass)
-most animals-the grazers of the world |
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Term
| Tropical Grassland-Savannas |
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Definition
-water is critical factor
-fire is common
-many grasses
-some scattered trees
-the important African herbivores |
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Definition
-mildy rainy winters
-long hot and dry summers
-hardy shrubs
-small inconspicuois animals for the most part
* many plants here need fire to germinate |
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Term
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Definition
30' north and south latitudes
-very little rainfall
-temperature extremes b/t day and night
-many animals (small and nocturnal)
-some perennial (leathery leaves)
-leaves modify to spines |
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Term
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Definition
temp same though the year
rain fall=seasonal (lots of variation in amount)
Tropical Rain Forests
rainfall abundant year round
more species of plant and animal then ALL biomes combined
soild is infertile (plants store nutrients and minerals) |
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