Climate and Terrestrial Biodiversity

G. Tyler Miller’sLiving in the Environment

14th Edition

Chapter 6

Key Concepts

Factors influencing weather

Factors influencing climate

Effect of climate on distribution of biomes

Characteristics of major biome types

Weather: A Brief Introduction

Weather

Warm front

Cold front

Weatherextremes

Fig. 6-2 p. 102

ClimateTemperaturePrecipitationUneven heatingSeasonsEarth’s rotationProperties of air

and waterFig. 6-5 p. 105

Seasons

Fig. 6-7 p. 106

Air Circulation

Fig. 6-10, p. 107

Fig. 6-8, p. 107

Short-Term Climate Changes: ENSO

Fig. 6-12 p. 108

Greenhouse EffectGreenhouse gases

Fig. 6-14 p. 110

Rain Shadow Effect

Microclimates

Fig. 6-15 p. 110

Biomes: Climate and Life on Land

Relationship between latitude and altitude

Desert Biomes

Grassland, Tundra and Chaparral Biomes

Forest Biomes

Mountain Biomes

Biomes: Latitude and Altitude

Fig. 6-18 p. 112Refer to Fig. 6-17 p. 112

Desert Biomes

Tropical deserts

Refer to Fig. 6-20 p. 114

Temperate deserts

Cold deserts

Grassland, Tundra, and Chaparral Biomes

Tropical grasslands and SavannasTemperate grasslandsPolar grasslands (Arctic tundra)PermafrostAlpine tundraChaparral

Refer to Figs. 6-23, 6-24, and 6-25 pp. 116-119

Forest Biomes

Tropical rainforest

Temperate deciduous forest

Evergreen coniferous forest (boreal forest)

Temperate rain forest

Refer to Figs. 6-29, 6-30, 6-31, and 6-32 pp. 121-124

Mountain Biomes

Mimic latitude

Islands of biodiversity