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Tropical Rainforests
- Distribution
- Near the equator
- North America
- Amazon
- Near the equator
- Climate
- Hot
- Wet
- No definite seasons
- Soil
- Not very fertile
- Rain washes out nutrience
- Dead leaves create thin nutrients layer
- Decay in hot, moist places is easy
- Plant Adaption
- Leaves are thick
- Pointed leaves
- To channel water to certain point
- Tall trees have thick roots
- Support for their trunks
- There is shallow soil, therefore they need support
- Distribution
Hot Deserts
- Distribution
- North Africa
- Middle East
- USA
- Soil
- Shallow
- Gravelly texture
- Soil isn't very fertile
- Not many leaves fall
- Climate
- Not much rainfall
- Extreme temperatures
- Hot
- Dry
- Plant adaption
- Long plant roots
- To reach deep water
- Bushes have small spiky leaves
- Reduce water loss
- Long plant roots
- Distribution
Deciduous Forests
- Distribution
- Most of Europe
- South East USA
- China
- Japan
- Soil
- Deep and very fertile
- Because there is a thick layer of leaf fall
- Deep and very fertile
- Climate
- Four distinct seasons
- Spring
- Autmn
- Winter
- Summer
- Summers are warm
- Winters are cool
- Rain all year around
- Four distinct seasons
- Plant adaption
- Trees drop leaves in the winter and grow them back in the summer
- This reduces water loss in moths where its hard to get water
- Not enough light for photosynthesis
- Blue bells grow on forest floor
- They get sunlight in the winter when all the trees leaves are dead
- Trees drop leaves in the winter and grow them back in the summer
- Distribution
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- Mind Map on BIOMES, created by solterog on 13/11/2015.
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