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Is a tropical rainforest an ecosystem or a biome?

A tropical rainforest is both an ecosystem and a biome. It is an ecosystem because it consists of living organisms interacting with each other and their physical environment. It is also a biome because it is a large-scale community of plants and animals adapted to a specific environment characterized by distinct climate and vegetation.


What is the name of the coldest star and its temperature?

Black - Blue. Black stars have cooled off completely (some are huge hunks of carbon (diamond!). Stars that are progressively warmer are brown, red, orange, yellow, then blue, blue-white are the hottest.


Name given to the land at the bottom of earth?

The land at the bottom of the Earth is known as Antarctica. It is a continent located in the southern hemisphere and is the coldest, driest, and windiest continent on Earth.


What are 8 major biomes on earth?

The names of the major biomes are desert, tundra, tropical rain forest, deciduous forest, taiga, grassland, marine,freshwater, coniferous forest and saltwater There are other biomes too such as: temperate rainforest (a rainforest that is outside of tropical latitudes) savannah (hot, dry grassland) prairie (a temperate grassland) For more on sub-biomes and biome information go to: http://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/terrestrial-biomes-13236757 and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vegetation-no-legend.PNG http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ocean_drainage.png My favorite classification of biomes is by using the WWF system. Type in "WWF biomes" in your search engine. also wikipedia has great info on biomes and so does http://worldwildlife.org/biomes


What are the top ten coldest cities in the world?

(Sakha is the area name of Russia where Siberia is in)Coldest place on earth; Vostok Station, Antarctica -89.2 Celsius (-128.56 Fahrenheit) (nobody lives there)Coldest place where people live; Oymyakon, Sakha, Russia -71.3 Celsius (-96.34 Fahrenheit)Coldest city; Yakutsk, Sakha, Russia -64.6 Celsius (-84.28 Fahrenheit)Coldest city with population over 100,000; Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada -47.8 Celsius (-54.039 Fahrenheit)List of coldest places (inhabited)1. Oymyakon, Sakha, Russia2. Eureka, Nunavut, Canada3. Grise Fiord, Nunavut, Canada4. Verkhoyansk, Sakha, Russia5. Snag, Yukon Territory, Canada6. Northice, Greenland, Denmark7. Eismitte, Greenland, Denmark8. Yakutsk, Sakha, Russia9. Novosibirsk, Sakha, Russia (outside the city)10. Prospect Creek, Minnesota, USA

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