Week 13 Review Biomes 1. What is a biome? a. Large area of similarly adapted species 2. How are plants similar and different in the biome of two different locations? a. Plant species vary but plant for is similar 3. How does latitude influence biomes? a. Above 60o N latitude Artic b. Below 60o N latitude 4. How does continental placement influence biomes? a. Coastal areas more moderate temp fluctuations b. Interior areas more extreme temp fluctuations c. Areas behind mountains
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Aifos Jamun 6/18/12 Miss Sommer | 1st Period The Temperate Deciduous Forest Biome!!!!! The temperate deciduous forest is a large biome‚ stretching across eastern and mid-America‚ Europe‚ and some of Eastern Asia and Japan. There is also some small areas of eastern Australia‚ and New Zealand…and some MORE in southern Chile and Argentina! Climate!!! (Cf) The biome is generally found in areas from 23˚ N to 38˚ S. It is in Köppen’s Cf category‚ the “C” being mild-mid latitude‚ and the “f” for
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"TEMPERATE GRASSLAND" Temperate grasslands are defined as places where grasses predominate over trees and shrubs. The name for this biome‚ temperate grasslands‚ is a great description for what it is like there. The most important plants in this biome are grasses. Two major kinds of grasslands in the world: • Savannas • Temperate grasslands. Savannas are defined as places where individual shrubs and trees are scattered among the grasses. Temperate grasslands: trees and shrubs are
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Title: Temperate Grasslands Biome Description/ Definition: Temperate grassland covers large areas of the interior of continents‚ where there is moderate rainfall‚ but still too little for trees to grow (textbook). Climate and Location: The weather in the temperate grasslands includes hot summers and cold winters(Defender). Summers can reach up over 100 degree fahrenheit‚ and the winters can drop to 40 degree below 0 fahrenheit. Year round‚ the grasslands have about 10-35 inches of rain which mostly
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Squirrel is the flagship species of this sanctuary. It is declared as Sanctuary in December 1989 & is spreads over 480 km² area. Range of habitats are present in sanctuary right from high elevation Montane forest & grassland‚ mid elevation Wet Evergreen‚ Semi Evergreen‚ Moist Deciduous‚ Closed Deciduous to Scrub jungle at foothills hence floral diversity is very rich. This unique habitat provides home for about 32 species of Mammals‚ 53 species of reptiles‚ 24 species of amphibians‚ 56 species of butterflies
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Forest This article is about a community of trees. For other uses‚ see Forest (disambiguation). | This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (August 2011) | A conifer forest in the Swiss Alps (National Park) Mixed deciduous forest in Stara Planina‚ Serbia A forest‚ also referred to as a wood or the woods‚ is an area with a high density of trees. As
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the Double Crested Cormorant. The American Robin’s diet consists of a wide variety of berries earthworms and insects‚ and they are found throughout North America. Communities or Robins are found in several biomes‚ including forests edges‚ woodlands‚ grasslands‚ tundra and forests regenerating from recent fires‚ they are also found in populated urban areas since human development provides areas for them to forage. Although the Robin is a migratory species some of them have adapted to the cold and spend
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Johnny Greavu PSTL 1112 07/14/2015 Video Response 4 Minnesota: A History of the Land (Episode II) 1) The Big Woods was a temperate hardwood forest defined by shade in south-central Minnesota and western Wisconsin. It was a “climax community”: an environment without a disturbance for decades to hundreds of years. The humidity of the area and proximity to rivers (which acted as a firebreak) led to a virtual absence of fire. Trees such as sugar maple‚ basswood‚ northern red oak‚ and American elm dominated
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are healthy for forests and plains. The process of a fire starting and destroying the underbrush and trees in a forest is an important cycle in a forest’s life‚ and helps improve the lifespan of the animals and vegetation living there. Many people believe forest fires‚ or any type of fire‚ is dangerous and obviously bad for anything living‚ which is where many people’s belief on forests fires are wrong and inaccurate. When a fire starts in a forest‚ the first part of the forest to burn is the
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plant species‚ which occur in the tropical and subtropical initial estuary regions. Mangroves constitute a dynamic ecosystem with a complex association of both floral and faunal species of terrestrial and aquatic systems and the vegetation in this forest is of evergreen type. Mangroves provide different kind of niches for a variety of animal populations required. The crowns of trees including trunk‚ branches‚ leaves‚ flowers and fruits provide niches essentially‚ to terrestrial fauna like birds
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