8Th Geography Ch 6

Front 1

Contains only pine trees

Back 1

Boreal

Front 2

The distinct layers that form the soil

Back 2

soil horizons

Front 3

Forests of short trees and shrubs

Back 3

Mediterranean scrub forest

Front 4

A grassland with scattered trees, low rainfall

Back 4

Savanna

Front 5

Has the most fires

Back 5

Mediterranean scrub forest

Front 6

Areas with no plant life

Back 6

barren regions

Front 7

Plants have tiny leaves with waxy surfaces

Back 7

Desert

Front 8

Plants either have big roots to get water deep in the soil or store water

Back 8

Desert

Front 9

Trees in the middle-latitude climates that remain green year round

Back 9

coniferous

Front 10

A series of stages in which energy is passed among living things

Back 10

food chain

Front 11

Forests of needle-bearing trees found in cold climates

Back 11

boreal

Front 12

Located between a tropical rain forest and a desert

Back 12

Savanna

Front 13

A hot, wet area close to the equator in which plants grow year round

Back 13

Tropical rain forest

Front 14

Grasslands of the middle latitudes with adequate rainfall; productive when wild grasses are removed

Back 14

Prairie

Front 15

Contains a prairie and a steppe

Back 15

grassland

Front 16

A biome too cold to support much growth

Back 16

Tundra

Front 17

Has a distinct wet and dry season

Back 17

Savanna

Front 18

Trees that lose their leaves in the winter

Back 18

deciduous

Front 19

Determined by the types of trees growing in the area

Back 19

Forest

Front 20

Once contained buffalo, but now have cattle and wheat

Back 20

Grassland

Front 21

Plant and animal communities that cover a large area of the earth's surface

Back 21

biomes

Front 22

Decayed plant matter

Back 22

humus

Front 23

Any tree covered area

Back 23

forest

Front 24

A stable plant community; last stage of succession

Back 24

climax community

Front 25

Plant roots are prevented from penetrating deep into the soil because of permafrost

Back 25

Tundra

Front 26

Supports large numbers of grazing animals and predators

Back 26

Savanna

Front 27

Located between a desert and a temperate forest

Back 27

Grassland

Front 28

The washing of nutrients from the top layer of soil

Back 28

leaching

Front 29

A biome in which plants survive by using little water or storing water

Back 29

Desert

Front 30

A group of plants that lives and grows together

Back 30

plant community

Front 31

Most have been lost to farming and growth of cities

Back 31

Mediterranean scrub forest

Front 32

Located near the equator and contains much humus

Back 32

Tropical rain forest

Front 33

Has short trees with leathery leaves

Back 33

Mediterranean scrub forest

Front 34

Animals from other regions migrate here to feed on the fresh plant growth and the millions of insects

Back 34

Tundra

Front 35

Not found anywhere in the southern hemisphere

Back 35

Boreal forest

Front 36

Has deciduous and coniferous trees

Back 36

Temperate forest

Front 37

All living things and the areas they inhabit on earth

Back 37

biosphere

Front 38

The process by which one group of plants replaces another group

Back 38

plant succession

Front 39

The soil of this forest is the most acidic

Back 39

Boreal forest