EnvironmentandCultureinNorthAmerica.pptVIP

Culture Areas Geographic Area of “ethnic” groups with similar cultural traits. /~jaybird/AANewsletter/southwestmap.html Names… Indians Holdover from the search by explorers for a route to the “Indies”. Some Native Americans dislike this name. Amerind, Native American, or First Nation also used. Names… Names of tribes are necessarily what they called themselves. At the time of contact, some explorers used names that other groups called a specific group. Thus, Navajo prefer Dine and Yuman prefer Quechan. Geography and Culture /media_461565493/Culture_Areas_of_North_America.html Environment Biome A larger biological community of interacting plants and animals, as exemplified by tundra or coniferous forest. Habitat An area of land with physical characteristics such as minerals, soils, rainfall, and temperature that affect which plants and animals live there. Ecotone A community of plants and animals found at the transition between biomes or other large biotic units; characterized by a mixture of species that may attract predators, including humans. N. A.Biomes /utahlink/tours/tourFames.cgi?tour_id=14051 Biomes Tundra Treeless biome Ground frozen year round, permafrost Tundra Frozen tarn pond in alpine tundra near Dillon, Colorado  Images (c) by James L. Reveal, Norton-Brown Herbarium, University of Maryland Coniferous forest Evergreens-pine, spruce, fir, and hemlock Images (c) by James L. Reveal, Norton-Brown Herbarium, University of Maryland Moist Temperate Forest Mostly coastal and in low mountains (less than 9,000 ft) Abundant precipitation, rain and snow; 25-160 in (65-400 cm). Cool temperatures, rarely below 5° F or above 100° F; moister and cooler in the north.  /emeritus/reveal/pbio/biome/lec35c.html Temperate Deciduous Forest Beech - maple - yellow poplar, oak - hickory, mixed pine - hardwood. Cool /cold winters, warm summers. Moist winters, moist summers. /library/tree/bl_na_biomes_eastdec.htm Photos Courtesy of Steve Nix, About Forestry Chaparral A