Biome Vocabulary

a large region characterized by a specific type of climate and certain types of plant and animal communities

• tropical

• biome

• acre

• latitude

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

the average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time

• precipitation

• latitiude

• climate

• altitude

the distance north or south from the equator; expressed in degrees

• latitiude

• altitude

• climate

• humidity

the height of an object above a reference point, such as sea level or the Earth’s surface

• longitude

• latitude

• equatorial plane

• altitude

a forest or jungle near the equator that is characterized by large amounts of rain and little variation in temperature and that contains the greatest known diversity of organisms on Earth

• temperate rain forest

• tropical deciduous forest

• temperate deciduous forest

• tropical rain forest

the top foliage layer in a forest where the trees extend above surrounding trees

• emergent layer

• canopy

• understory

• epiphyte

the layers of treetops that shade the forest floor

• emergent layer

• canopy

• understory

• epiphyte

a plant that uses another plant for support, but not for nourishment

• moss

• epiphyte

• lichen

• fern

a foliage layer that is beneath and shaded by the main canopy of a forest

• epiphyte

• emergent layer

• canopy

• understory

a forest community (or biome) characterized by cool, humid weather and abundant rainfall, where tree branches are draped with osses, tree trunks are covered with lichens, and the forest floor is covered with ferns

• temperate rain forest

• tropical rain forest

• temperate deciduous forest

• taiga