2 How are the Tundra and Desert similar?
They both have a low amount of precipitation and seasonal temperature changes.
3. How are the Tundra and Desert different?
Tundra is generally much colder than a desert.
4. How do the Tropical Rain and Tropical Deciduous (Seasonal) Forests differ?
While precipitation in deciduous woods is seasonal, it is consistently high in rain forests.
5. Based on the biome and climate descriptions in Chapter 8 of the textbook,
what creates the difference in vegetation type of Tropical Rain and Tropical
Deciduous (Seasonal) Forests?
An area's seasonal precipitation contributes to the thriving vegetation there. Because rain
forests can collect water all year round, they contain a wide variety of leaves.
6. Lawrence, Kansas and Nashville, Tennessee occupy similar latitudes. Why
is one found in a grassland and the other in a forest biome (i.e., what other
factor(s) is/are coming into play)?
Topography leads to different climates.
7. Considering that the information in your climographs is presented on a
monthly basis, How would you determine which biomes are located in the
southern hemisphere?
The seasons would be opposite of each other
8. Which of the known biome climographs closely resembles San Francisco?
Santa Monica
9. Would you consider them to truly be the same biome? Explain (how are they
similar/different)?
No, San Francisco is in a different area farther north than Santa Monica. They have similar
but still different climates.
10. During the thirty-year period used for the figures in the San Francisco
climograph there were four drought periods. How would this effect the
appearance of the climograph?
It would have periods of large downward lines where there was 0 rainfall.
