AP Envi. Sci. Terrestrial Biomes Content

Weather

_______ is the short term physical conditions in a local area such as temperature, wind speed, cloud cover, precipitation, and humidity.

Climate

_______ is a region’s average weather conditions over a long time period

Temperature and Precipitation

What are the 2 most important factors in the climate?

Latitude and elevation

What OTHER characteristics help determine climate?

Biomes

What are large terrestrial regions characterized by similar climate, soil, plants, and animals.

Climate, soil, plants, and animals

What are the main characteristics of biomes?

Biome Chart

What can predict where on earth biomes are found?

Annual Temperature and Annual Precipitation

What are the 2 most important factors that determine a biome?

Latitude

__________ determines temperature and precipitation which is why biomes exist in predictable pattern on earth.

Climate Diagrams

What illustrate patterns of annual temperature and precipitation which help determine productivity of biome?

shift

Biomes _____ in location on earth as climate changes.

Shifting Biomes

Warming climate shifting boreal forests further north as tundra permafrost soil melts and lower latitudes become too warm for aspen & spruce is an example of what?

Tundra

Which biome is cold, treeless, with low-growing vegetation and completely frozen soil?

Tundra

Which biome has a subsoil called permafrost that prevents deep rooted trees from growing?

Tundra

Which biome has chemical reactions occurring slowly and as a result dead organisms decompose slowly. ULTIMATLEY - low nutrients in soil

Tundra

Which biome has artic foxes, polar bears, and muskoxen

Boreal Forest

Which biome is primarily made of coniferous evergreen trees that can tolerate cold winters, has deciduous trees, and a short growing season?

Boreal Forest

In this biome, soil is nutrient poor because of slow decomposition of dead organisms and pine needles have compounds that make them resistant to decomposition.

Boreal Forest

Which biome has beavers, brown bears, and wolverines?

Temperate Rainforest

Which is the costal biome typified by moderate temperatures and high precipitation— additionally ocean currents moderate temp. fluctuations and provide water vapor.

Temperate Rainforest

Biome with 12 month growing season with rainy winters and foggy summers

Temperate Rainforest

Has tree species including spruce, firs, hemlocks, and redwoods.

Temperate Rainforest

This biome has animals including black-tailed deer, pacific giant salamander, and pacific tree frog.

Temperate Rainforest

This biome has slow decomposition thus nutrient poor soil. Any nutrients in soil are quickly taken by trees or leached by rainfall. Ferns and mosses are here.

Subtropical Desert

This biome has hot temperatures, extremely dry conditions, and sparse vegetation

Subtropical Desert

Plants include cacti, euphorbia plants, and succulent plants which are well adapted.

Subtropical Desert

To prevent water loss, plants in this biome have small leaves, no leaves, or leaves that have been modified into spines. Outer layer of plants are thick with few pores for water and gas exchange.

Subtropical Desert

Which biome has tortoises, camels, and roadrunners?

Temperate Grassland

Biome with cold, harsh winters and hot, dry summers. Also has lowest average annual precipitation of any temperate biome

Temperate Grassland

Plants include grasses and non-woody flowering plants well adapted to wildflowers and frequent grazing by animals.