Biology Questions and Answers

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Biology Questions and Answers


Earth's Biomes........................................................................................................................



  1. What is a biome?


A biome is a prevailing ecosystem
constitutedfactors present in one or more regions by similar biotic and abiotic
of the planet.



  1. What are the major
    terrestrial biomes?


The major terrestrial biomes are:


tundra, taigas (or boreal forest),temperate forests, tropical forests, (^)
grasslands and deserts.



  1. What are the typical
    vegetation and the typical
    fauna of the tundra?


Tundra has vegetation formed mainly by


mosses adensely furred animals, like caribnd lichens. In the fauna theous, (^)
musk oxen and polar bears, and also
migratory birds are found.



  1. What are the typical
    vegetation and the typical
    fauna of the taigas?


Taiga, or characterizthe boreal forest, ised by coniferous tre (^) es, pine
forests. There are also mosses, lichens,
small bushes and angiosperms. In the
taiga many mammals, like moose,
wolves, foxes and rodents, migratorybirds and a great diversity of insects are (^)
found.



  1. What are the typical
    vegetation and the typical
    fauna of the temperate
    forests?
    In the temperate fpredominate. Mammalsorest d are found ineciduous tre es
    great number, like bears and deer.

  2. What are deciduous trees?


Deciduous tretheir leaves in a period of the year. Ines are plants that lose (^)
the case otemperate forest the fall of the leavesf the deciduous trees of the (^)
occurs in the autumn (fall). The loss of
leaves ismonths of a preparation to fac the winter: roots, stem ane the coldd
branches are more resistant to low
temperatuwithout leaves tre and snow thahe metabolic rate on the leaves;f the (^)
plant is reduced; the decaying fallen
leaves help to nourish the soil.



  1. What is the typical
    localization of the tropical
    forests regarding latitude?
    Tropical rain forests, like the Amazon


forest antypically located id the Congo forest, aren low latitude, i.e., (^) in
the equatorial and tropical zones.
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