LC CH Bio Lab

Montane coniferous forests are found on mountains

True

A major community of the biosphere that is characterized by certain climatic conditions and particular types of plants is called a(n)

biome

The prevailing weather conditions in a particular region, dictated specifically by temperature and rainfall, is called ____

climate

A plant that takes nourishment from the air because it sits on another plant that gives it an aerial position is called a(n)

epiphytes

A coniferous forest of a mountain is called a(n) ____ coniferous forest

montane

Arctic tundra is found in the

northern hemisphere

Used in the classification of biomes

particular types of animals climate particular types of plants

Topography refers to the

physical features of the land

Typical of a temperate deciduous forest

red fox white-tail deer black bear

When the northern hemisphere is having winter, the Southern Hemisphere is having

summer

Seasons occur in the northern and Southern Hemispheres because the Earth is

tilted

The physical features of the land are called its ____

topography

The biome located just south of the ice-covered polar seas in the Northern Hemisphere is the

tundra

Climate refers to the prevailing ____ conditions in a particular ____

weather; region