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Biome Flashcards
10 Biomes
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Environmental Studies
9th Grade
11/15/2013

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Term
Temperate Dedicuous Forest [image]
Definition

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Geography:moderate percipitation and temperature with abundance of dedicious trees (Great Lakes)

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Animals:Black Bear & White-Tailed Deer

Plants: White Oak and Fir

Term
Temperate Grassland[image]
Definition

[image]Geography: Extreme difference in winter & summer (Central Asia)

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Animals:Elephants and Giraffe

Plants:Eurasian Steppe and American Prairie

Term

Temperate Rainforest

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Definition

[image]Geography: heavy rainfall (Pacific NW)

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Animals:Black Bear and Flying Squirrels

Plants:Hemlock and Skunk Cabbage

Term

Tropical Rainforest

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Definition

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Geography: heavy rainfall but warmer (South America)

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Animals:Orang Utan and Gibbon

Plants:Pohon Ramin and Rotan Manu

Term

Tropical Dry Forest

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Definition

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Geography:Warm but little rain (India)

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Plants:Ironwood and Caicos Plum

Animals:Shrew and Ringtail

 

Term

Savanna

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Definition

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Geography: Tropical Grassland (Africa)

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Plants:Grass and Acacia

Animals: Zebra and Baboon

Term

Desert

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Definition

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Geography: scarce rainfall (Namib)

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Plant: Cacti and Shrubs

Animal: Camel and Black Widow

Term

Tundra

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Definition

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Geography: dry but freezing (Russia)

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Plants:Shrubs and Lichen

Animals: Ox and Caribou

Term

Boreal Forest

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Definition

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Geography: Northern coniferous forest (Canada)

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Plants:Cedar and Spruce

Animals: Bald Eagle and Black Bear

Term

Chaparial

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Definition

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Geography:small patches of shrubs but dense (California)

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Plants: Oak and Cacti

Animals:Lizards and Toads

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