ECOLOGY
BIOMES
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The word “biotic” describes anything that is connected to or comes from living things.
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Because vegetation is usually the dominant and most apparent feature of the landscape, a biome is characterized by its plant community.
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The tundra is so cold that a layer of permanently frozen soil, called permafrost, lies under the rocky topsoil.
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These lands cover large tracts of central North America, central and eastern Asia, eastern Europe, southern Africa and southern South America.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Explanation: Biomes are typically characterized based on the dominant plant and animal species found in a certain geographic area. Temperature and precipitation are what determine the geographic distribution of a biome which species can live there.
Detailed explanation-2: -Biomes are described by their vegetation because plants that grow in an area determine the other organisms that can live there. Plants in a particular biome have characteristics, specialized structures, or adaptations that allow the plants to survive in that biome.
Detailed explanation-3: -Biomes. A biome is an area classified according to the species that live in that location. Temperature range, soil type, and the amount of light and water are unique to a particular place and form the niches for specific species allowing scientists to define the biome.
Detailed explanation-4: -#1. The tropical evergreen forests usually occur in areas receiving more than 200 cm of rainfall and having a temperature of 15 to 30 degrees Celsius. They occupy about seven per cent of the earth’s land surface and harbours more than half of the world’s plants and animals.