BISC208 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Biome, Permafrost
26 Mar 2016
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Weather-the condiion of the atmosphere at a speciic place and ime. Laitude-the distance of any point on the surface of earth north or south from the equator (ranges from 0 at the equator to 90 at the poles) north and south of equator, set distance between them (unlike longitude) Climate- average weather condiions in an area, including temperature and precipitaion. Tundra-a treeless biome with a layer of permanently frozen soil below the surface called permafrost (cold, snowy, freezing & thawing; polar bears, caribou, wolves) has very litle water/rain. Boreal forest-called northern coniferous forest (warmer than tundra; moose, deer, mountain lions) Temperate forest-composed mostly of broad-leaved, deciduous trees that shed their leaves in autumn. Winters are cold, summers hot. (lots of rain; squirrels, rabbits, deer, bears) Woodlands-mixed shrub communiies with less rainfall than in temperate forests (winters are cool and wet, summers hot and dry; foxes, jackrabbits, coyotes, lizards, snakes)
