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1 BIOME A LARGE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA WITH SIMILAR CLIMATE SOIL ANIMAL LIFE PLANT LIFE

2 © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 10.5 Earth’s Biomes

3 © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 10.6 Temperature and Precipitation

4 © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 10.10 Tropical Rain Forest Climate

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7 © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 10.11 Complex Structure

8 © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 10.14 Tropical Savanna

9 © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 10.16 Temperate Deciduous Forest

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11 FRONTIER FOREST THESE ARE FORESTS WHOSE ECOSYSTEMS ARE LARGELY UNAFFECTED BY PEOPLE AND CONTAIN A MIX OF NATIVE TREES OF DIFFERENT AGES AND RICH BIODIVERSITY. http://multimedia.wri.org/frontier_forest_ma ps/namerica.html

12 © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 10.18 Temperate Evergreen Forest

13 © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 10.21 Chaparral

14 © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 10.23 Temperate Grassland

15 © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 10.26 Boreal Forest

16 © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 10.27 Tundra

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22 © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 10.29 Desert DESERT

23 © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 10.33 Mountain Climates Wet, windward slopes Moist air ascends Relative humidity increases Rain shadow Desert Dry, leeward slopes Relative humidity decreases Hot, dry air descends

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