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Groups of ecosystems with the same:
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Climate and similar dominant species
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Examples of ecosystems are:
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Rainforests, deciduous forests, deserts, taiga, tundra, etc
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In which ecosystem is there 12 hours of daylight/day, an average temperature of 77f and 86f due to close proximity to the equator? The rainfall also varies here.
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Tropical Forest
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Which is lowland areas with prolonged dry season and scarce rainfall? Have thorny shrubs, trees, and succulents.
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Tropical Dry Forest
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Which i farther from equator, so not as much precipitation? Plants drop leaves during long dry season to prevent excess water loss. Relief during rainy season/monsoons.
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Tropical Deciduous Forest
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Where is there an abundance of rainfall? (100-160). They do have a couple of dry months. Large biodiversity and most animals are aborreal. The layers of vegetation causes this.
Canopy is the __________________________. There is a low tree stratum. There is a shrub understory. There is a ground layer and herbaceous plants and ferns. |
Tropical Rainforest.
top most continuous layer of foilage |
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There are two types of ________________.
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Grasslands
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One type is tropical grasslands with scattered trees
It is found in They have three seasons which are: The porous soil is: The animals are: |
Savanna
central america, central africa, and australia cool/dry, hot/dry, warm/wet low in nutrients giraffe, zebra, antelope, insects, mice, moles and etc |
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The human impact is:
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Fencing destroys migration, expanding African population, poaching etc. Diverse but small plant life.
soil, lack of water, and fires |
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What is like a tropical savanna but have cold winters? They have a rainfall of 10-30 inches of rain. There are no trees because of seasonal drought, occasional fires ,and grazing by large mammals. The soil is deep and fertile. Fires and animals decrease mulch which allows for grass growth.
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Temperate Grassland
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The human impact is:
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Human plowing has converted much of this limited biome into farmland
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What is a biome that receives less than 10 inches of rain a year? It could be hot or cold. It is hot-laregely daily temperature fluxuations.
There is no moisture to hold onto heat at night. There are plant adaptations. Stomata only open at night Thick cuticle on plants Animals are light, nocturnal, burrow Cold- all moisture is tied up in frozen form Plants stay small |
Desert
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In which is the rainfall 50 to 60 inches of rain. There are hot summers and cold winters. Deciduous= to fall off
Leaves fall off in winter to reduce water loss (water frozen in ice so not available) |
Temperate Deciduous Forest
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The human impact is:
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Clear for lumber, habitat, and overhunt large mammals
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In which is there both a hot and cold season. Washington State is an example. Have some conifer trees to adapt to cold weather (less water, less evaporation)
Broad leafed trees do not need to lose their leaves due to the abundance of rain The rainfall is 100-160 inches per year. |
Temperate Rainforest
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