AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -biome, also called major life zone, the largest geographic biotic unit, a major community of plants and animals with similar life forms and environmental conditions. It includes various communities and is named for the dominant type of vegetation, such as grassland or coniferous forest.

Detailed explanation-2: -Biomes are large regions characterized by a specific type of climate and certain types of plant and animal communities. Each biome is made up of many individual ecosystems.

Detailed explanation-3: -Biome refers to the community of plants and animals that occur naturally in an area, often sharing common characteristics specific to that area. Biome, also known as a major life zone, is an area that includes communities of plants and animals that have a common adaptation to that particular environment.

Detailed explanation-4: -Biomes are of two types: terrestrial and aquatic(marine and freshwater). Terrestrial biome includes grasslands, tropical rain forests, temperate deciduous forests, and deserts. Aquatic biomes include freshwater-large lakes, polar freshwater, etc. and marine-kelp forest, continental shelves, etc.

Detailed explanation-5: -Terrestrial biomes or land biomes – e.g. tundra, taiga, grasslands, savannas, deserts, tropical forests, etc. Freshwater biomes – e.g. large lakes, polar freshwaters, tropical coastal rivers, river deltas, etc. Marine biomes – e.g. continental shelf, tropical coral, kelp forest, benthic zone, pelagic zone, etc.