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Soil and Vegetation
Ch. 3, section 4
• Temperature + Precipitation= Climate
Climate influences soil
Temperature + Precipitation + Soil= Vegetation
• Ecosystem: Interdependent community of plants and animals
• Biome: The ecosystem in a particular region
Forests
Deciduous• Broadleaf trees
– Maple– Oak– Birch– Cottonwood
• Lose their leaves at least once a year.– Except in the rainforest
• Tropical forest full of broadleaf trees
Coniferous• Needle leaves
– Pines– Fir– Cedar
• Keep seeds in cone• Evergreens• Typically found in colder
regions
Grasslands
Tropics• Savanna
– Flat grasslands
Mid-latitudes• Northern Hemisphere
– Europe: Steppes– North America: Prairie
• Southern Hemisphere– South America: Pampas
Prairie
Savanna
Steppes
Pampas
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