Question 1
The world's breadbaskets refers to which biome?
◦ northern needleleaf forest and montane forest
◦ midlatitude grassland
◦ alpine tundra
◦ midlatitude broadleaf and mixed forest
Question 2
Trees in the tropical rain forest have ________ root systems because ________.
◦ deep; a large percentage of soil nutrients lies at great depths as a result of having been flushed there by heavy rains
◦ deep; water near the soil surface is often too acidic for the trees to tolerate
◦ shallow; most of the nutrients occur in the shallow surface layer that contains rapidly decaying organic matter
◦ shallow; there is intense competition for moisture, which occurs only near the surface because rapid evaporation prevents water from penetrating the soil to a significant degree
Tropical rain forest in Borneo. Within the three-dimensional framework of tropical rain forests live
Bowman's Root
Canada's forest regions
Forest Fire Management
Comparison of Somatic and Autonomic Nervous Systems