Chapter 6 Review: Biomes

Has most nutrients in the plants, not the soil

• tundra

• savannas

• tropical rain forest

Determines the plants that live in an area

• climate

• biome

• tundra

Located primarily in coastal areas

• tundra

• savannas

• chaparral

Dry, treeless lands north of the Arctic Cirlce

• taiga

• tundra

• chaparral

Has animals that migrate, burrow, or grow white fur to survive the winters

• taiga

• tundra

• biome

Temperate grasslands

• tundra

• prairies, steppes and pampas

• savannas

Grasslands of West Africa

• tundra

• taiga

• savannas

Forests found along the northwest coast of North America

• temperate rain forest

• biome

• chaparral

Layer of rain-forest trees that asorbs most of the sunlight

• biome

• canopy

• climate

Area with a distinctive climate and organisms

• canopy

• climate

• biome