Biomes Vocab

Colder climate region with coniferous trees; cold snowy winters and rainy summers that are warm enough to melt the snow

• Boreal Forest (Taiga)

• Tropical Rainforest

• Desert

• Temperate Deciduous Forest

A habitat in which the fresh water of a river meets the salt water of the ocean.

• Estuary

• Wetland

• Delta

• Lagoon

Ground that is permanently frozen

• Permafrost

• Glacier

• Tundra

• Frostbite

Located under the canopy layer and consists of leafy plants with large leaves to gather sunlight.

• Understory layer

• Canopy layer

• Forest floor

• Emergent layer

a community of living organisms of a single major ecological region with similar climate and organisms

• Ecosystem

• Habitat

• Biomes

• Population

a rainy biome with moderate temperature , located in the Pacific Northwest

• tropical rainforest biome

• desert biome

• temperate rain forest biome

• savanna biome

The tallest layer of the rainforest which receives most sunlight and can reach up to 70 meters

• Canopy layer of tropical rainforests

• Understory layer of tropical rainforests

• Emergent layer of tropical rainforests

• Forest floor layer of tropical rainforests

the weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period

• weather

• climate

• atmosphere

• temperature

An extremely dry area with little water and few plants

• Desert

• Forest

• Wetland

• Savanna

An area of grassland with scattered trees and bushes

• Savanna

• Desert

• Rainforest

• Tundra