Ecology and Biomes Vocabulary 5
bold terms identified are used in state standards
terrestrial having to do with land
desert
hot, dry biome with organisms adapted to survive high heat and low water
temperate
grassland savannah
savannah
prairie
outback
temperate
forest
deciduous
forest
boreal
forest
biomes where main species of plants are grasses with rich soil, hot summers
and cold winters
savannah (US)
savannah (Austrailia)
biome whose main plant are deciduous trees and have moderate rainfall
and temperatures in winter and summer
temperate forest
coniferous forest; taiga
biome with cold winters and mild summers with moderate precipitation of
rain and snow; characterized by pine trees or coniferous forest
taiga
coniferous
forest
pine forest of the taiga
tropical warm, wet biome at or near the equator with dense canopy and high
rainforest diversity
tundra
cold dry conditions, little precipitation and permafrost (soil stays frozen all
year) with main plants mosses and grasses
areas of land that project above surroundings; elevation of these affect
mountain climate, weather, and habitat
steppe
tundra
pampa??? South American savannah