Continuation of Natural Vegetation 1

20/01/11

Today, our geography lesson was taught by Miss Lee Chin Lee. Today, Miss Lee continued on the chapter of  Natural Vegetation. On that lesson, we learnt about the different types of natural vegetation vegetation.
eg.

• Algae
• Lichens
• Mosses
• Fungi
• Tress
• Grasses

We also learnt what a biome is, and learnt the major types of natural vegetation / biomes.
Other than that, we learnt that:

• Climate is a major factor of in influencing the distribution of natural vegetation.
• Annual rainfall determines the main groups of natural vegetation.                                             1000mm - >2000mm : Forest , 250mm - <1000mm : Grassland , <250mm :                            Dessert vegetation              
• Annual average temperature determines the types of forest, grasslands, dessert vegetation found in a place.

Also, we learnt that tropical rainforests are found in places with :

• Equatorial climate, between 10 degrees North to 10 degrees South of the equator
• High mean monthly temperature ( 20 degrees Celsius - 30 degrees Celsius )
• High total annual rainfall ( 1000 - 2000mm / year )

Lastly, we learnt about the features of the tropical rainforest :

• Adaptation of leaves
• Adaptation of roots
• Adaptation of fruits and flowers
• Adaptation of bark

The above is what I learnt on this lesson of geography.