Biology Questions and Answers
Earth's Biomes........................................................................................................................
- 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.
- What are the major
terrestrial biomes?
The major terrestrial biomes are:
tundra, taigas (or boreal forest),temperate forests, tropical forests, (^)
grasslands and deserts.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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. - 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.
- 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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