| Term | Definition |
| north america, asia, and northern europe | the geographic distribution in the boreal forest |
| boreal forest | along the northern edge of the temperate zone are sense evergreen forests of coniferous trees |
| taiga | another word for boreal forest |
| cold winters, short mild summers, moderate precipitation | abiotic factors of the boreal forest |
| timber wolves, moose, beavers, songbirds, lynxes | dominant wildlife in the boreal forest |
| spruce, fir, decidous trees | dominant plants in the boreal forest |
| thaw | winters in the taiga are bitterly cold, but summers are mild and long enough to allow the ground to _______. |
| north | boreal comes from the Greek word for ______, reflecting the fact that boreal forests occur mostly in the Northern Hemisphere |