Biology: Concepts and Investigations
4th Edition
ISBN: 9780078024207
Author: Mariëlle Hoefnagels Dr.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 39, Problem 1PIT
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To determine:
“The major factors used by scientists to classify each part of the biosphere into a biome”.
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The naturally occurring species of flora and fauna that occupy particular, specific area is called as biome. It is the characteristics of natural vegetation associated with climatic condition. There are nine terrestrial biomes present on Earth: tropical rainforest, savanna, desert, chaparral, temperate grassland, temperate decidious forest, temperate evergreen forest, taiga and tundra.
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