Tundra is the coldest of all the biomes‚ Tundra comes from the Finnish word tunturia‚ meaning treeless plain. It is noted for its frost-molded landscapes‚ extremely low temperatures‚ little precipitation‚ poor nutrients‚ and short growing seasons.A climate is a habitat around the world. The Tundra has snow everywhere and has very short growing seasons which means plants are hard to grow and farmers or whoever is planting crops need to plant early summer or fast enough before summer ends. The Tundra
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Tundra Biome {draw:frame} {draw:frame} The arctic tundra can be found in the northern hemisphere‚ encircling the North Pole and extending to the coniferous forest of taiga. Some specific locations of the arctic tundra include Northern America (Northern Alaska‚ Canada‚ and Greenland)‚ Northern Europe (Scandinavia)‚ and Northern Asia (Siberia). The alpine tundra can be found in the mountains throughout the world at high altitudes where trees are unable to grow. They can be found in Northern
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Cambodia has a lot of traditional and international festivals. At those times of celebration the nation share common understanding of values and traditions; even in the times of hardship people try harder to make these times special. All the traditional festivals are influenced by the concepts of religions and royal cultures. Among those plenty of holidays I will choose only the three most important celebrations to describe. Firstly‚ Water festival takes place in October or the beginning of November
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"SAVANNA Biome" What is a SAVANNA BIOME? * Savanna is a rolling grassland scattered with shrubs and isolated trees. Not enough rain falls on a savanna to support forests. Savannas are also known as tropical grasslands. What is the CLIMATE in a Savanna? * The Savanna biome has a wet/dry climate. Its Köppen climate group is Aw. The A stands for a tropical climate‚ and the w for a dry season in the winter. * In the wet season‚ all of the plants are lush and the rivers flow freely
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Antarctic Biome Antarctica‚ you could definitely say is a chunk of ice and snow two times as big as the US‚ but as you look deeper beyond the surface of the ice‚ many intriguing and breathtaking relationships in the ecosystem occur. Antarctica is not just a chunk of snow it is a continent‚ it is home to gigantic ice shelves‚ mountains‚ ice bergs and even volcanoes that support all and many forms of life. It is one of the harshest continents in the whole entire world with no permanent human residence
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ecosystem characterized by being sufficiently spaced so that the canopy does not close. Savannas are also characterized by seasonal water availability‚ with the majority of rainfall confined to one season. Savannas are associated with several types of biomes. Savannas are frequently in a traditional zone between forest and desert or grassland. The Savanna covers approximately 20% of the earth’s area. The Savannas is a wet and dry climate‚tropical savanna monthly dry season. Its the driest month of the
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Extinction is a natural selection process. Should humans strive to preserve a representative sample of all biomes or aquatic zones? Why should humans be concerned with the extinction rate? In my own opinion No but as u read more about it some things need to be preserved. For instance animals help the crops of the foods that we eat. Snakes help to cure different diseases. Humans help the plants and animals to grow. The fact that human beings are a species means that they depend on many other species
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to water-saturated soil. Some wetlands are inundated at all times‚ whereas others flood infrequently. Wetlands are home to a diverse community of invertebrates‚ which in turn support a wide variety of birds. Wetlands are among the most productive biomes on Earth. Their water-saturated soils favor the growth of plants such as floating pond lilies and emergent cattails‚ many sedges‚ tamarack‚ and black spruce‚ which have adaptations enabling them to grow in water or in soil that is periodically anaerobic
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Savanna The African Savanna biome is a tropical grassland in Africa between latitude 15° North and 30 degrees S and longitude 15 degrees W and 40° West. It covers Guinea‚ Sierra Leone‚ Liberia‚ Cote D’ivore‚ Ghana‚ Togo‚ Benin‚ Nigeria‚ Cameroon‚ Central African Republic‚ Chad‚ Sudan‚ Ethiopia‚ Somalia‚ and the Democratic Republic of the Congo‚ Angola‚ Uganda‚ Rwanda‚ Burundi‚ Kenya‚ Tanzania‚ Malawi‚ Zambia‚ Zimbabwe‚ Mozambique‚ Botswana‚ and South Africa. Around 2 million large plant-eating
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http://kienforcefidele.wordpress.com/2008/10/04/superstition/ Superstition in Cambodia For a very long time ago‚ the advance of technology and science were at very low rate‚ unlikely from nowadays. So‚ people started to believe in superstition. They have believed in things that are unseen and unknown – even up to now‚ although some people have turned their aspects on the science and modern technologies. On my point of view‚ I can’t say that I don’t believe in superstition at all‚ nor can I say
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