EP Ch 6 Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
BIOMES | DESCRIBED BY VEGETATION |
NORTH TO EQUATOR | KNOW THE BIOMES IN ORDER |
PLANTS | DETERMINED BY TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION (HIGH TEMP, LOW PRECIP = SHORT LESS DENSE VEGETATION) |
TUNDRA | PERMAFROST, FRAGILE |
PERMAFROST | LAYER OF PERMENANTLY FROZEN SOIL |
LOCATION | NORTH OF ARCTIC CIRCLE |
PRODUCERS | GRASSES, LICHENS, HERBS |
ANIMALS | BURROWING RODENTS |
TEMPERATE RAIN FOREST | DECIDUOUS |
DECIDUOUS | LOSE LEAVES IN THE FALL |
SOIL | RICH |
ANIMALS | SQUIRRELS, BEARS, DEER |
RAINFOREST | HIGH AMOUNTS OF RAIN, HIGH HUMIDITY, MODERATE TEMPS, (PACIFIC NORTHWEST) |
TEMPERATE GRASSLANDS | LESS RAIN THAN FOREST |
THREATS | EROSION |
SOIL | RICH, SUPPORT MANY PLANTS |
DESERTS | LOW PRECIP, MAY LOSE MORE WATER THAN THEY RECEIVE, DRY SIDE OF MOUNTAINS |
ICE DESERT | VERY COLD, LOW PRECIP |
ANIMALS | NOCTURNAL |
TAIGA | CONIFEROUS FOREST |
LOCATION | BELOW TUNDRA |
PLANTS | UNIQUE SHAPE TO ACCUMULATE SNOW FOR INSULATION |
TROPICAL RAINFOREST | NO SEASONS, 80 INCHES OF RAIN |
ANIMALS | ADAPTED TO AVOID COMPETITION |
PLANTS | BUTTRESSES, ORCHIDS, VINES, HERBS WITH LARGE LEAVES |
EMERGENT LAYER | EAGLES, BATS, SNAKES |
THREAT | DEFORESTATION, MAY LEAD TO FLOODING |
SAVANNA | GRASSLANDS WITH FEW TREES |
ANIMALS | GRAZING, RHINOS, GAZELLES, GIRAFFES |
CHAPPERALLE | BENEFIT FROM FIRE |
PLANTS | RESPROUT FROM SMALL PARTS OF LIVING MATTER |
MEDITTERANEAN | WARM DRY SUMMER, WET MILD WINTER |
LATITUDE | DISTANCE NORTH OR SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR |
GRAPH | PRECIP AND TEMP |
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