Biome Unit Review

mostly conifer forests on swampy ground that is commonly covered with mosses

• Tropical Rainforest

• Deciduous forest

• Desert

• Taiga

is a sandy or rocky area, with little precipitation and little plant life.

• Tundra

• Desert

• Taiga

• Tropical Rainforest

areas along and near Earth's equator that are hot and humid, with much rainfall

• Tropical Rainforest

• Deciduous forest

• Desert

• Grassland

An area where grasses are the main plant life

• Tropical Rainforest

• Deciduous forest

• Desert

• Grassland

regions of the world with similar climates (weather, temperature) animals, and plants.

• Tropical Rainforest

• Biomes

• Taiga

• Grassland

a large, barren region with no trees

• Tundra

• Deciduous forest

• Desert

• Grassland

An area with many trees that lose their leaves each year and mild temperatures

• Tropical Rainforest

• Deciduous forest

• Desert

• Grassland

volcanic mountains under the ocean surface

• continental slope

• Trenches

• Seamounts

• Grassland

long, narrow cracks found close to the edge of continents the deepest spots on Earth.

• Seamounts

• Abyssinal Plain

• Mid ocean ridges

• Trenches

edge of the continental shelf - steep slope - the boundary between the crust of the continent and crust of the ocean floor

• Ocean floor

• tectonic plate

• continental slope

• Seamount