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BIOME A LARGE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA WITH SIMILAR CLIMATE SOIL ANIMAL LIFE PLANT LIFE
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© 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 10.5 Earth’s Biomes
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© 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 10.6 Temperature and Precipitation
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© 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 10.10 Tropical Rain Forest Climate
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laterite
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© 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 10.11 Complex Structure
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© 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 10.14 Tropical Savanna
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© 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 10.16 Temperate Deciduous Forest
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FRONTIER FOREST THESE ARE FORESTS WHOSE ECOSYSTEMS ARE LARGELY UNAFFECTED BY PEOPLE AND CONTAIN A MIX OF NATIVE TREES OF DIFFERENT AGES AND RICH BIODIVERSITY. http://multimedia.wri.org/frontier_forest_ma ps/namerica.html
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© 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 10.18 Temperate Evergreen Forest
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© 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 10.21 Chaparral
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© 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 10.23 Temperate Grassland
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© 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 10.26 Boreal Forest
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© 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 10.27 Tundra
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© 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 10.29 Desert DESERT
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© 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Figure 10.33 Mountain Climates Wet, windward slopes Moist air ascends Relative humidity increases Rain shadow Desert Dry, leeward slopes Relative humidity decreases Hot, dry air descends
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