Environmental Class 7-10-09

Biomes Quiz:

Ice Caps: a high-latitude region of a planet or moon that is covered in ice.

Arctic Tundra:
Alpine Tundra: High altitude locations anywhere with permafrost, a layer of
permanently frozen ground just below the surface.
Taiga:
Deciduous Forest:
Rainforest:
Grassland:
Tropical Savanna: Low-latitude grasslands typically studded with trees.
Chaparral:
Desert Scrub:
Desert: Generally around a belt of 30 degrees north and south latitude where
global wind patterns carry down dry air from the upper atmosphere.
Streams and Rivers:
Lakes and Ponds:
Wetlands:
Estuaries:
Intertidal:
Coastal:
Coral Reefs:
Oceanic Pelagic:
Abyssal:

Notes:

From 0-30 degrees longitude, wind is easterly. From 30-60 degrees, wind is
westerly. From 60-90 degrees, wind is easterly again.

What do the two tundra's share?

They both made of frozen soil.