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37 Cards in this Set
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Name the forest regions
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Tropical Rain Forests
Mid-latitude Forests Coniferous Forests Mixed (deciduous & coniferous) Chaparral |
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Where are tropical rain forests located? Describe them
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Near equator
Warm Lots of rainfall Thick trees Not much sunlight gets through |
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What % of the Earth's surface is Rainforest?
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@6%
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What % of the Earth's plants and animals live in the rainforest?
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More than 50% or More than 1/2
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Where are mid-latitude forest located?
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Middle latitudes
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What type of trees do mid-latitude forests have?
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Mainly deciduous
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What does deciduous mean?
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Trees that shed their leafs in one seaston
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What is the climate like in a mid-latitude forest?
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warm summers, and cool or cold winters
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What does coniferous mean?
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type of tree that can survivelong cold winters
Have needles instead of leaves |
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Where are coniferous forests found?
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cold parts of the middle latitudes
Stretch across northern North America, Europe, and Asia |
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What types of grasslands are there?
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Tropic(Savannah)
Steppe Prairie Pampas Veld |
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What is a Tundra?
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ecosystem that is always cool or cold and has specialized plants that grow there
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What is a Chaparral?
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Forest with small evergreens
Mediteranean climate Most precipitations falls during the winter: summers are hot and dry |
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What are plant adaptations in a chaparral?
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leathery rubbery leaves
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Where do tropical grasslands or savannas grow?
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warm lands near equator
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How many seasons d savannas have?
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3
Wet dry natural wildfires |
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What animals live in savannas?
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both herbivores and carnivoes
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Name 4 types of temperate grasslands.
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Prairies
Steppes Pampas Veld |
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What is a prairie?
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North America
midwest 40 in. rain/year grasses get shorter as you move west |
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What is a steppe?
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1
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What is an Arctic Tundra?
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1
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What is an Alpine Tundra?
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1
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Where are Arctic tundras?
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1
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Where are Alpine Tundras?
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1
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Tell about deserts
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1
2 3 4 |
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What is marshland?
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1
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What are features of a rainforest?
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1
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Where are rainforests located?
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1
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What % of Earth is rainforest?
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6
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What % of animals and plants on Earth are in the rainforest?
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over 50% or over 1/2
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What is a highland?
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1
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What is a steppe?
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1
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Where do you find steppes?
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1
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What is pampas?
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1
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Where do you find pampas?
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1
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What is a veld?
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1
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Where do you find a velde?
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1
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