Biome Vocab

a large region characterized by a specific type of climate and certain types of plant and animal communities

• tropical

• biome

• acre

• latitude

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

a forest or jungle near the equator that is characterized by large amounts of rain and little variation in temperature and that contains the greatest known diversity of organisms on Earth

• temperate rain forest

• tropical deciduous forest

• temperate deciduous forest

• tropical rain forest

a forest community (or biome) characterized by cool, humid weather and abundant rainfall, where tree branches are draped with osses, tree trunks are covered with lichens, and the forest floor is covered with ferns

• temperate rain forest

• tropical rain forest

• temperate deciduous forest

• taiga

a forest (or biome) that is characterized by trees that shed their leaves in the fall

• temperate rain forest

• temperate deciduous forest

• tropical rain forest

• taiga

a region of evergreen coniferous forest below the arctic and subarctic tundra

• taiga

• temperate rain forest

• temperate deciduous forest

• tropical rain forest

a plain full of grasses and scattered trees and shrubs; found in tropical and subtropical habitats and mainly in regions with a dry climate, such as East Africa

• grassland

• savanna

• chaparral

• tundra

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

a community (or biome) that is dominated by grasses, has few trees, and is characterized by cold winters and rainfall that is intermediate between that of a forest and a desert

• savanna

• tropical grassland

• temperate grassland

• tundra

a region that has little or no vegetation, long periods without rain, and extreme temperatures

• savanna

• taiga

• tundra

• desert

a treeless plain that is located in the Arctic or Antarctic and that is characterized by very low winter temperatures; short, cool summers; and vegetation that consists of grasses, lichens, and perennial herbs

• desert

• taiga

• tundra

• savanna

a foliage layer that is beneath and shaded by the main canopy of a forest

• epiphyte

• emergent layer

• canopy

• understory