APESTerrestrialBiomesReview VocabularyUnderstandandbeabletoapplyeachoftheseterms. 1.Biome:Similarclimaticconditionsontheearth 2.Climate:alocationaffectedbylatitude,terrain,andaltitude 3.Rainshadow:dryareaontheleewardsideofthemountain 4.Windward:thesideofthemountainthatgetstherain 5.Leeward:thesideofthemountainthatisdry 6.Latitude:itisageographicalcoordinatethatspecifiesthenorthsouthpositionofapoint 7.Altitude:heightabovesealevel 8.PrimarySuccession:atypeofecologicalandbiologicalsuccessioninaplantslife 9.SecondarySuccession:processstartedbyaneventlikeaforestfire 10.Tropical:warmandhotyearroundmoistandlushvegetation 11.Temperate:latitudesoftheglobeliebetweenthetropicsandthepolarregions 12.Desert:areawithlessthan10inchesofprecipitationayear 13.

Polar:receivelessintensivesolarradiation CriticalThinkingRead,analyze,andgivecompleteanswerstothesequestions. 1.Describetherainshadoweffectandexplainhowitcanaltertheclimateofthe windwardandleewardsidesofamountainrange. Therainshadowmakesonesideofthemountainhavealotofgrassandvegetationandthe othersidedry. 2.Whateffectdoeslivingnearalargeoceanorlakehaveonaverageairtemperatures? Why?Explain. Itwillbemorehotinthewintersincetheoceancancontainmoreheat 3.Completethissummarychartofthelandbasedecosystems.

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Chaparral TropicalRainforest DeciduousForest ConiferousForest (Taiga) Temperate Rainforest Mountains

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4.Foreachcategoryofbiomes,giveamajorhumanimpactandlist2endangeredspecies: a.Desertsmining,tortoisesandkangaroorats b.Grasslandscanbecomeadesert,Asianelephantandprairiechicken c.Forestsfirecanmakethemintodeserts,jaguarsandwoodpeckers d.Mountainsmining,lynxandwolves

Identifythebiomeintheclimatogramabovewhatevidencesupportsyouranswer.Givespecific observationsfromyourgraphtojustifythisanswer.