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Biomes
Tundra
Desert
Grassland
Forest
100
Large region characterized by a specific type of climate and certain types of plants and animal communities
What is biome
100
Northern coniferous forest that stretches in broad band across the northern hemisphere just below the arctic circle
What is taiga
100
Areas that have widely scattered vegetation and receive very little rain
What is desert
100
Trees drop their broad flat leaves each fall
What is temperate deciduous forest
100
Primary layer of the rain forest
What is canopy
200
Refers to weather conditions such as precipitation humidity and winds in an area over a long period of time
What is climate
200
Biome is located in northern artic regions
What is tundra
200
Is a tropical biome dominated by grasses shrubs and small trees
What is savanna
200
Use the entire surface of a tree As a place to live
What is epiphytes
300
Is the distance north or south of the equator and is measured in degrees
What is latitude
300
Permanently frozen throughout the year
What is permafrost
300
Temperate woodlands are to dry to support these
What is forest
300
Covers large areas of the interior of continents where there is moderate rainfall but still too little for trees to grow
What is temperate grasslands
300
Below the canopy very little light reaches this layer in the rainforest
What is understory
400
Is the height of an object above sea level
What is altitude
400
The steppes in Asia are dominated by what
What is grasses
400
Biome in the Hollywood hills
What is chaparral
400
Temperate shrubland biome that is founding all five parts of the world with a Mediterranean climate
What is the chaparral
400
Occurs in North America Australia and New Zealand
What is temperate rain forest
500
Are located in a belt around the earth near the equator
What is tropical rain forests
500
In the taiga what animals fur changes color according to the seasons
What is hare
500
Grasshoppers woodpeckers and deer are among which biome
What is temperate diciduous forest
500
Prairie dogs live in this biome
What is grassland
500
The top layer in the rain forest
What is emergent layer