Ch. 6 Key Terms Flashcards
Biome
Is a large region characterized by a specific type of climate and certain types of plants.
Climate
Refers to the weather conditions such as temperature precipitation humidity and winds that occur in an area over a long period of time.
Latitude
Is the distance north or south of the equator and is measured in degrees with the equal to 0.
Altitude
is the height of an object above sea level.
Tropical rain forests
are always humid and warm and get about 200 to 450 cm of rain.
emergent layer
The top layer.
Canopy
The next layer considered the primary layer of the rainforest.
epiphytes
such as the orchid in figure 3.4 use the entire surface of the tree as place to live.
understory
very the next layer little light reaches
temperate rain forest
occurs in north and America Australia and new Zealand temperate rainforests have large amounts of precipitation high humidity and moderate temperature.
Temperate deciduous forests
trees drop their broad flat leaves each fall;;
Taiga
Is the t stretches in a broad band across the northern hemisphere just below the arctic circle. the northern coniferous forest
savanna
Is a tropical biome dominated by grasses shrubs and small trees.
temperate grassland
covers large areas of the interior of continents where there is moderate rainfall but three and shrubs cannot be established because there is not enough rain of fires are too frequent.
chaparral
is a are shrub land biome that is found in all parts of the world with a mediterranean climate,
