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Biomes (World Climate :recycle: (Oceanic Distribution of Heat (air…

- - - - Florida Keys
  - - - all life was aquatic
      - Gondwanaland=South America, Africa, India, Australia, and Antarctica
    - - Laurasia=N America collides with Eurasia=Appalachian Mtns
      - Gondwanaland ran into Laurasia=Alps=Pangea
    - - =triassic period
      - new plant growth
      - tethys sea formed=btween N & S continents
- - - - northwest coast U.S
      - long-lived conifers
      - fog
    - - cascade mtns & sierra nevadas & rocky mtns a little
      - montane forests=occur at bases of these mtns
      - rockies most massive mountain range
    - - cold winters & only warm summers
      - oak & maples are frequent
      - rich diversity
    - - northern portions of Gulf States
      - definite dry asect
      - most are fire-adapted
  - - - central north america
      - low, flat, rolling hills
      - rich soil #
      - Indians helped with soil quality
    - - woodland=trees spaced out
      - savanna=grass growing between trees
      - shrublands=shrubs instead of trees
    - - driest regions of temperate areas
      - Chihuahuan
      - Sonoran
      - Mohave
      - soil is rocky and thin
      - patchy ecosystems
    - - located above the highest point that trees grow
      - cold much of year=short growing season
      - dwarf plants grow
  - - - permanent frost in top soil=permafrost
      - <3months growing season
      - <20 cm tall pants
    - - across Alaska and Canada, and northern Eurasia, Scandinavia,and Russia
      - b.c.f=taiga
      - not much disturbance
      - large mammals
  - - - close to equator
      - rain occur nearly every day
      - relative humidity=near 100%
      - nearly all angiosperms
      - high diversity of plants
    - - lower rainfall
      - termites can be very previlent
      - vegetation can grow tall