Biomes and Biodiversty Flashcards

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Tropical Rainforest

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Is a biodome located around the area of the 28 degree on the earth. Located between the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn. There is much rainfall here, and high heats.

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Temperate Rainforest

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Are areas where maples commonly grow. They grow very board leaves and have a lot pf rainfall.

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Temperate Deciduous Forest

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These forest go through the four seasons of the year, they have rainfall, in all but the winter months. This is located closer to the tundras.

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Tagia

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Snow Forest also called a Boreal Forest. Named in Russia Is the worlds largest biome.

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Savanna

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A very hot and grassy land, sparse with trees. This is located in Africa and only has two seasons a dry and rainy season

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Temperate Grassland

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Grasslands that have large parries and grasslands. Commonly seen in North America

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Chaparral

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Found in most commonly coastal regions. These are commonly found in the mederatian region. These are thorny bushes found here.

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Desert

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This is a hot and warm cilamte. It is very hostile and their is very little rainfall.

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Tundra

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Growth is hindered very cold environment, this is common in Canada, and Russia.

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Lakes and Ponds

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This is an area that has aqua-water where fish and many other people do live and survive in many cases. This is a very large and diverse region

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Marsh and Swamps

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Is much like lakes and ponds, the most famous of these is the Florida Evergreens in the state of Florida.

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Rivers

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Are large sections of land that are very similar to lakes. These cover very large portions of the earth and carve many places in the earth, two famous ones are The Nile and the Mississippi River.

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Estuaries

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This is where rivers merge with the ocean or seas. These hold very diverse wildlife and fishing exports.

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Coral Reefs

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This is a shelf created in the ocean, this holds most of the fish wildlife in the whole worlds oceans.

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Open Ocean

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This biome covers most of the world and has the most diverse region ever and on the planet.

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Littoral Zone

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This is the near shore region that is penetrated by the sunlight. Most people swim in this area of the ocean.

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Benthic Zone

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This region most people live in this area. They are the most abotic life and biotic life.

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Invasive Species

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Are a species of wildlife exposed to a new region that controls other spaces yet it can ruins a region and cause many problems.

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Endangered Species

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Are species that are very limited in number and they all are losing in population. This is a list no creature would want to be on, that is horrible.

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Mass Extinction

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This is a widespread and out of control way of killing one or more species at any one time. This is a horrible event.