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

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

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

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

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© 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure Tropical Savanna

© 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure Temperate Deciduous Forest

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. ps/namerica.html

© 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure Temperate Evergreen Forest

© 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure Chaparral

© 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure Temperate Grassland

© 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure Boreal Forest

© 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure Tundra

© 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure Desert DESERT

© 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 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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