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ch 6 vocabulary
word | definition |
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biome | a large region characterized by a specific type of climate and certain types of plants and animals communities |
climate | refers to the weather conditions in an area over a long period of time |
latitude | the distance north or south of the equator |
altitude | is the height of an object above sea level |
tropical rain forests | located in a belt around the earth near the equator |
emergent layer | the top layer of a rain forest |
camopy | the primary layer of the rain forests |
epiphytes | are plants that use the entire surface of a tree as a place to live |
understory | the bottom layer where very little light reaches |
temperate rain forests | occurs in north america, austalia, and new zealand |
temperate deciduous forests | where trees drop their broad, flat leaves each fall |
taiga | the northern coniferopus forest that stretches in a broadband across the northern hemisphere just below the artic circle |
savanna | a tropical biome dominated by grasses,shrubs, and small trees |
temperate grassland | covers large areas ofthe interior of the continents |
the chaparral | is a temperature shrubland biome that is found in all five parts of the world with a mediterranean climate |
deserts | areas that have widely scattered vegetationand receive very little rain |
tundra | a biome located in northern artic regions |
permafrost | the deeper layers of soil in a tundra that are permanently frozen through out the year |