Envi Sci Long Test

are large-scale environments that are characterized by

temperature ranges and amounts of precipitation that affect the types of vegetation

and animal life that can exist in those areas.

• Terrestrial Biomes

• Aquatic Biomes

• Biomes

• Terresital Biomes

The coldest of all biomes

• Tundra

• Taiga

• Forest

• Grassland

• Desert

Represents the larges terrestrial biome. Trees become more extensive and close together, giving way to evergreen forests.

• Tundra

• Taiga

• Forest

• Grassland

• Desert

Dominated by trees and other woody vegetation and can be classified according to numerous characteristics, with seasonality being most widely used.

• Tundra

• Taiga

• Forest

• Grassland

• Desert

Characterized by hot summer and cold winter, moderate to low precipitation, mostly grasses and small shrubs, and large mammals or a variety of smaller ones.

• Tundra

• Taiga

• Forest

• Grassland

• Desert

Occurs in a hot and dry climate; the soil is sandy and poor.

• Tundra

• Taiga

• Forest

• Grassland

• Desert

Tundra comes from the Finnish word ______ which means "treeless plain"

• Tunturi

• Turturi

• Tulturi

• Tumturi

A cold, desert-like condition and located in the northern hemisphere

• Arctic Tundra

• Alpine Tundra

Found on mountains throughout the world at high altitude where trees cannot grow

• Arctic Tundra

• Alpine Tundra

Are huge bodies of water that dominate the Earth's surface and are considered the largest of all the ecosystems

• Ocean

• Freshwater