For each Biome and Life Zone, you will be responsible for knowing vegetation types, a few specific plants, climate factors, and location in North America. You need to be able to indicate the locations of these biomes on a map of North America. collection of similar ecosystems covering a large area. often found on more than one continent. limited in distribution by abiotic factors, esp. climate; results in widespread areas of major plant forms as result of succession (see notes on the lichens); therefore, biomes usually contain climax communities.
(wÉrst) adj. superlative of bad and ill, adj. 1. bad or ill in the highest, greatest, or most extreme degree: the worst person. 2. most faulty or unsatisfactory: the worst paper submitted. 3. most unfavorable or injurious: the worst rating. 4. in the poorest condition: the worst house on the block.
2. find fault, to complain or be critical. 3. to a fault, to an extreme degree. [1250â1300; Middle English faute < Anglo-French, Middle French Â« Latin fallere to be wrong] syn: fault, foible, weakness, failing, vice refer to human shortcomings or imperfections. fault refers to any ordinary shortcoming; condemnation is not necessarily implied: Of his many faults the greatest is vanity.