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| Another name for Boreal Forest? |
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| As you move from the Far North down south, you find MORE /or/ LESS species |
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| Biomes moving from the far N towards the S go Tundra, Taiga then ________ |
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| Temperate Deciduous Forest |
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| Chaparral biome gets it's name from "Chaparro" which means |
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low growing shrubs
short trees |
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| Dry season is when trees lose their leaves in the |
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| Tropical Deciduous Forest |
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| Grassland w/ trees & lots of animals |
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| Hot Deserts are located in 2 belts centered on the ___ N and ___ S latitudes |
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| 30 degree (Central Australia and middle of Sahara) |
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| Hot deserts are MORE or LESS diverse in plants and animals than cold deserts? |
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| Hot deserts have a fast, short growing season because of ________ |
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| rain fall (it's heavy but short season) |
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| In temperate deciduous forest trees will |
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| Is there tundra in Africa? |
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| Yes, on Mt. they have tropical alpine tundra |
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| Lichens are _________ and they grow well in cold desert |
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| Fungi in symbosis with a microscopic algae or cyano*****something |
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| Frozen soil under the tundra vegetation |
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| Precipitation is evenly distributed throughout the year in ___________ |
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| temperate deciduous forest (so there are many more species of trees) |
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| Primary factors that influence a biome on earth |
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| Richest plant/animal species biome on earth? |
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| Tropical evergreen forest |
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| dry tropical and subtropical Africa, S.America & Australia |
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| T/F- Chaparral is in COSTAL locations only |
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| T- it's in costal CA, Chile and Mediterranian where cool ocean waters flow offshore |
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| Temperate grassland biome has ______ summers and ________ winters and _____ trees |
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| hot summers, cold winter, few or no trees |
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| Temperatures don't vary at all in the |
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| Tropical Evergreen Forest- no variation in productivity thru the year |
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| equatorial sides of HOT DESERTS |
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| Tropical Deciduous Forest biome is located |
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| Tropical evergreen forests are found |
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| Equator- where rain exceeds 250cm/yr |
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| Tundra is different than the artic because it has _________ |
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| What does deciduous mean? |
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| What is the weather in taiga |
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| Winters are long and very cold- summers are short and warm |
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| What kind of trees in taiga? |
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| very few tree species b/c of short summers- favors evergreens |
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| Where can you find epiphytes? What are they? |
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| Tropical evergreen forest- they're plants that live on plants & get nutrients & moisture from air & water |
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| South of the tundra biome and at lower elevations |
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| Where is the temperate deciduous forest? |
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| Where is the temperate grassland locate? |
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| Which biome has highest productivity? |
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| Tropical evergreen forest |
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| best soils of the world are found in the |
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| biomes are major ecosystems based on _____ |
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| structure of the dominant vegetation |
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extreme temp; cold winter hot summer
low growing shrubs
not too many trees
mammals (stay year round)
good soils but little rainfall |
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| grasslands in the US have mainly been converted to ________ |
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| temperate deciduous forest are mainly in East /or/ Western United States? |
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| there are a lot of fires on the _______ |
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| what does an ecologist study? |
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| windward and leeward slopes- where is the cold desert? |
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