ecology-tundra, taiga,decidious forests

What is the largest land biome?

Taiga

What is another name for Taiga?

boreal forest

What percent of the worlds forests are taiga?

27%

What does taiga mean?

Forest Swamp

What hemisphere contains the taiga biome?

northern hemisphere

What is the weather like in the Taiga biome?

low light, short seasons, moist warm summers and long, cold and dry winters

What is a major factor in maintaining the Taiga Biome?

fire

What is the soil like in the taiga biome?

thin, soggy, with permafrost and infertile

Muskeg

Soil above the permafrost that is swampy or boggy in summer

What type of tree is found in the Taiga biome?

conifers

Taiga lies just south of what?

the artic circle

What countries have a taiga biome?

United States, Canada, Scandinavia, Siberia and Russia

What species is negatively impacting the trees in the taiga biome?

Spruce Bark Beetles

How are humans negatively impacting the taiga biome?

logging and hunting for furs

Name a few trees found in the taiga biome?

White spruce, Balsam Fir, Black Spruce, Jack Pine, Red Spruce, Douglas Fir, and Scotch Pine

What is the importance of the Taiga?

water filtration, carbon storage, bogs provide habitats for species

What animals live in the taiga?

moose, lynx, rodents, sable, fox, ermine, elk, bear, and wolves

Why is the taiga sometimes called the drunken or tipsy forest?

Due to permafrost layers in the soil, the ground sags causing trees to lean and tilt in different directions

What are the two types of tundra?

arctic and alpine

Artic Tundra

biome that lies between the taiga and the poles, extreme cold, wind and permafrost

alpine tundra

This biome has permafrost and is found at the top of mountains above the tree line

What type of vegetation is found in the tundra?

Mosses, grasses, lichens, wildflowers, and shrubs.

Which biome has one of the most inhospitable climate of any biome?

Tundra

The tundra spends most of the year at what temperature?

below freezing

What is the weather like in the tundra?

Cold year round, below freezing, very little precipitation and high winds

How do plants adapt for the tundra?

grow low to the ground to avoid wind, flossy to avoid loss of water

Because of how little rain the tundra gets it is also considered a what?

a desert

What does the Tundra not have?

Trees

What animals live in the Tundra?

Lemmings, Artic Hares, Caribou, Arctic Foxes, Artic Wolves, Polar bears

What human impact is the tundra seeing?

drilling for oil

deciduous

Trees and shrubs that shed their leaves at the end of the growing season

Why do deciduous trees shed their leaves?

to save water during the winter

Two types of deciduous forests

temperate and tropic/subtropical

What countries contain deciduous forests?

United States, Asia, Russia, Japan, China, Chile, Paraguay and New zealand

What is the weather like in deciduous forests?

4 distinct seasons, Cold winters and warm summers and precipitation year round

What benefits do deciduous forest have?

help reduce erosion, provide habitats, add diversity and stabilize weather