Chapter 7: Climate and Terrestrial Biodiversity

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Grasslands

This happens in areas that are too moist for deserts and too dry for forests.

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Permafrost

Underground soil that stays frozen.

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Ocean Currents

Prevailing winds and earth rotation.

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Major biomes

Large land regions with certain types of climate and dominant plant life.

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Alpine Tundra

Above the tree line in the mountains.

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Temperate

Cold winters and hot and dry summers, with tall and short grass prairies.

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Climate

Areas general pattern of the atmosphere over a long period of time.

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Cold (Artic tundra)

Fragile biome that has plants close to the ground.

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Weather

Local areas short- term temperature, precipitation, humidity, windspeed cloud cover, and other conditions.

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El Niño Southern Oscillation

It happens every few years.

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Greenhouse effect

________: Gases keep the earth warm and habitable.

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Rain Shadow Effect

Most precipitation falls on the windward side of mountain ranges.

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Tropical deserts

Hot and dry most of the year.

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Weather

Local areas short-term temperature, precipitation, humidity, windspeed cloud cover, and other conditions

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Climate

Areas general pattern of the atmosphere over a long period of time

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Ocean Currents

Prevailing winds and earth rotation

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Tropical

Equator, intense sunlight

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Polar

Poles, little sunlight

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Temperate

In-between tropical and polar

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El Niño-Southern Oscillation

It happens every few years

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Greenhouse gases

H20, CO2, CH4, N2O

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Greenhouse effect

Gases keep the earth warm and habitable

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Rain Shadow Effect

Most precipitation falls on the windward side of mountain ranges

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Major biomes

Large land regions with certain types of climate and dominant plant life

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Tropical deserts

Hot and dry most of the year

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Temperate deserts

Temperatures are high in the summer and low in winter and they have more precipitation

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Cold deserts

Winters are cold and summers are hot

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Grasslands

This happens in areas that are too moist for deserts and too dry for forests

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Savanna

Brazing and browsing animals

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Temperate

Cold winters and hot and dry summers, with tall and short grass prairies

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Cold (Artic tundra)

Fragile biome that has plants close to the ground

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Permafrost

Underground soil that stays frozen

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Alpine Tundra

Above the tree line in the mountains

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