AP BIOLOGY

ECOLOGY

BIOMES

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This occurs in the higher latitudes such as northern America or Russia. It has very cold winters and cool summers with moderate to low precipitation, mostly evergreen trees and a variety of animals in the summer. Which biome is this?
A
Grasslands
B
Taiga
C
Tundra
D
Desert
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The taiga is a forest of the cold, subarctic region. The subarctic is an area of the Northern Hemisphere that lies just south of the Arctic Circle. The taiga lies between the tundra to the north and temperate forests to the south. Alaska, Canada, Scandinavia, and Siberia have taigas.

Detailed explanation-2: -Taiga (also known as boreal forest) is the northernmost and coldest forest on earth, dominated by species of evergreen conifers spruce, fir and pine, the deciduous conifer larch, and species of birch and aspen. It occurs in vast tracts across Alaska, Canada, Scandinavia, Russia and northeastern China.

Detailed explanation-3: -taiga, also called boreal forest, biome (major life zone) of vegetation composed primarily of cone-bearing needle-leaved or scale-leaved evergreen trees, found in northern circumpolar forested regions characterized by long winters and moderate to high annual precipitation.

Detailed explanation-4: -Taiga climate is milder than tundra climate and moist enough to promote appreciable vegetation growth but too cold for good and prolific tree growth. Sharply seasonal patterns mark this climate type. Winters are extremely cold and long, whereas summers are moderately hot and short.

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