BIOMES ENVIRONMENTS Biomes Environments Biome a plant and

BIOMES ENVIRONMENTS

Biomes /Environments • Biome: a plant and animal community that covers a very large land area 2

• Tree covered environments 3

• The savannah is a tropical grassland with scattered trees and shrubs 4

• Tall grasslands with few trees or short grass vegetation 5

• Very little rain and the vegetation survives by using very little water • Desertification: expansion of desert areas 6

-Environments that support very little life. 7

LANDFORMS

Landform Definitions • Abyssal plain: a large & flat area on the ocean floor • Archipelago: a large group of islands • Bay: a small area of sea/lake partly enclosed by land 9

Landform Definitions • Canyon: a deep sided narrow valley • Cape: a piece of land projecting into a body of water 10

Landform Definitions • Delta: the landform at the mouth of a river • Fjord: a narrow, deep inlet of the sea between high cliffs 11

Landform Definitions • Flood/Alluvial plain: level ground built by sediment/soil deposited by a river • Harbor: an area of water protected from a larger body of water. 12

Landform Definitions • Island: land surrounded by water • Isthmus: narrow land that connects two larger areas of land narrowly separates two large bodies of water 13

Landform Definitions • Peninsula: land surrounded by water on three sides • Plain: a flat area of land • Plateau: an elevated flatland 14

Landform Definitions • Strait: narrow body of water connecting two larger bodies of water • Trench: a long canyon on the ocean floor 15

Landform Definitions • Valley: long/narrow and flat land between two higher areas of land • Volcano: an opening in the Earth’s crust, from which lava flows 16

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