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