BIOME

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

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Figure 10.5 Earth’s Biomes

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Figure 10.6 Temperature and Precipitation

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Figure 10.10 Tropical Rain Forest Climate

laterite

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Figure 10.11 Complex Structure

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Figure 10.14 Tropical Savanna

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Figure 10.16 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.

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Figure 10.18 Temperate Evergreen Forest

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Figure 10.21 Chaparral

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Figure 10.23 Temperate Grassland

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Figure 10.26 Boreal Forest

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Figure 10.27 Tundra

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Figure 10.29 DesertDESERT

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Figure 10.33 Mountain ClimatesWet,windwardslopes

Moist airascends

Relative humidityincreases

Rain shadow

Desert

Dry, leewardslopes

Relative humiditydecreases

Hot, dry airdescends

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