Tropical evergreen forest Tropical forests are characterized by the greatest diversity of species. They occur near the equator‚ within the area bounded by latitudes 23.5 degrees N and 23.5 degrees S. One of the major characteristics of tropical forests is their distinct seasonality: winter is absent‚ and only two seasons are present (rainy and dry). An evergreen forest is a forest consisting entirely or mainly of evergreen trees that retain green foliage all year round. Such forests reign the tropics
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UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU- NATAL HOWARD COLLEGE EXAMINATION : NOVEMBER 2010 SCHOOL : ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES LEVEL : 1 MODULE : ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS CODE : ENVS120 H2 DURATION : 3 HOURS TOTAL MARKS : 100 __________________________________________________________________ INTERNAL EXAMINERS: Mr N Njoya Mr J Lutchmiah EXTERNAL EXAMINER: Dr O Mutanga ______________________________________________________________________ ANSWER EACH SECTION IN A SEPARATE ANSWER
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questions in 25 to 100 words each. 1. What are Madagascar’s biomes? Discuss the major features of at least one of these biomes. Use the textbook for biome examples. The Island of Madagascar consists of three different biomes‚ being tropical dry forest‚ tropical rain forest‚ and desert. In a tropical rain forest biome temperatures remain warm thought the year and precipitation occurs on an almost daily basis. This type of biome contains three levels of vegetation and only about two or three
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Biomes Tropical Rain Forest & Boreal Forest Locations Tropical Rain Forest • Tropic of Capricorn- 23.5° S latitude • Amazon Rainforest – Latitude above 15°N Boreal Forest • Boreal Taiga- 50° N latitude • Boreal Siberia- 34°N Latitude Abiotic Factors Tropical Rain Forest • Weather‚ climate‚ rain‚ sunlight‚ clouds‚ and soil is very poor in these areas. The Amazon river rises a lot its water is absorbed in plants for nutrients. Boreal Forest • Weather‚ Climate‚ and soil
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ecologists study the interaction of a specific species or habitat; others study the different species that depend on each other (ex. a food web). 3. What is a biome? A biome can be described as an area on our earth that shares the same species‚ climate‚ animals‚ and plants. There are actually about 150 different classified biomes today. The main biomes are Marine‚ Tundra‚ Desert‚ Savannah‚ Grassland‚ Tropical Rain Forest‚ Deciduous Forest‚ and Coniferous Forest. 4. What is an ecosystem? An ecosystem includes
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is one of the coldest but driest places on the Earth‚ but still supports life? I chose the Arctic Tundra as my biome because this is one of the most interesting places I have ever learned about. Animal Life There are only 48 land mammals that make this habitat their home. However‚ even though this zone has very few species the number of individuals in each species that make this biome a home for part of the year is very large. Take the massive herds of caribou or flocks of migratory birds as an
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Introduction I researched about savanna biome and I have found this really interesting. In this paper I’m going to talk about savanna climate (temperature‚ how much rain savanna gets per year)‚ where the savannas are and plants and animals and how they adapt themselves to survive. The last topic I’m going to talk about how can human help savanna and how do we affect savanna. About savanna A savanna is a rolling grassland scattered with shrubs and isolated
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that we were given our local climatogram most resembled the mid latitude (temperate) grassland biome of Lawrence‚ Kansas . I arrived at this conclusion by comparing the two climatogram graphs and noticing a striking resemblance. The precipitation and temperature were almost exactly the same. Although they have similar qualities‚ the two climatograms also have many distinct differences. In our local biome we can observe that there is more rain in the summer months. We also that the temperature in the
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GEOG 1106 Lab 11 Biomes Directions: Listed below are the lab questions to answer. 1. Use the Whittaker biome figure to determine the biome of the places listed below. Place Average Temperature oC Annual Precipitation (cm) Whittaker’s Biome La Selva‚ Costa Rica 22.1 403 Tropical Rain Forest Marietta‚ Ohio 12 105 Temperate Deciduous Forest Pasadena‚ CA 18.2 51.8 Woodland/Shrub land Temperate Ferron‚ UT 8.8 20.9 Grassland and Desert Tucson‚ AZ 21.1 21.9 Subtropical Desert Santa Rosa National Park
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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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