biomes ppw

BIOMES

In The world. . . . . .

TUNDRA

LOCATION The north of Asia, United States and

Greenland.

CLIMATE

Cold, in summer is 45 or 50 grades F. And in winter 20- to 30- F

Yakutsk, Russia

PLANTS

There are acuatic and terrestial plants

ANIMALS There are 48 species of animals, shrews,

hares, rodents, wolves, foxes, bears and deers.

TAIGA

LOCATION Eurusia and North America.

CLIMATE From -54º to -1ºc in winter and -7ºc in

summer

PLANTS

Balsam Fir  is often used as a Christmas tree

ANIMALS  Lynx, snowshoe rabbits, red squirrels,

voles,Red deer, elk, and moose.

GRASSLANDS

LOCATION Grasslands are in the middle latitudes

or in the interiors of continents

CLIMATE

 As low as -40° F and in summer as high 70° F

Ingeniera White, Argentina

PLANTS

Grass, Sunflower, Crazy Weed, Asters, Blazing Stars, Coneflowers, Goldenrods and Clover.

ANIMALS Cows, Sheeps.

CHAPARRAL

LOCATION Southern Europe, southern Oceania,

chile and very tiny parts of U.S.A

CLIMATE The temperature range is between 30° and

100° F.

PLANTS

Blue Oak, Coyote Brush, Common Sagebrush, Fairy Duster.

ANIMALS Aardwolf, Black-tailed Jackrabbit, Golden

Jackal, Grey Fox, Isand Grey Fox, Puma.

DESERT

LOCATION The north of Africa, the south of USA,

Oceania and south America

CLIMATE The average annual temperature of

these miles of hot sand is 64° F (18° C).

El-Oasr el-Akhdar, Egypt

PLANTS

Barrel cactus, brittle bush, chainfruit cholla, creosote bush, etc.

ANIMALS Hot and Dry Deserts animals include

small nocturnal carnivores, insects, arachnids, reptiles, and birds.

SAVANNA

LOCATION Africa, northern Oceania, South Asia,

and South America

CLIMATE

Climate: 20° - 30° C.summer . 20° - 25° C winter.

PLANTS

Baobab,bermuda grass, candelabra tree, elephant grass, jarrah tree .

ANIMALS Lions, leopards, cheetahs, jackals and

hyenas.

ALPINE

LOCATION Alpine biomes are found in the mountain

regions all around the world. They are usually at an altitude of about 10,000 feet or more. 

CLIMATE In the summer the most temperatures

are from 10 to 15° C . In the winter the temperatures are below freezing. The winter is long.

Texas, USA

PLANTS

Because the severe climate of the Alpine biome, there are only about 200 species of Alpine plants.

ANIMALS Andean Condor, Chinchilla, Llama,

Mountain Goat, Snow Leopard, Vicuña, Yak.

RAINFOREST

LOCATION Central America, Africa, Indo-Malaysia -

west coast of India, Assam, Southeast Asia, New Guinea and Queensland, Australia.

CLIMATE The temperature in a rain forest rarely gets

higher than 93 °F (34 °C) or drops below 68 °F (20 °C); average humidity is between 77% and 88%

Campa Pita, Belize

PLANTS

A tropical rain forest has more kinds of trees than any other area in the world. Scientists have counted about 100 to 300 species

ANIMALS Africa Forest Elephant, Bengal Tiger,

Chimpanzee, Golden Lion Tamarin, Harpy Eagle, King Cobra.

DECIDUOS FOREST

LOCATION North America, middle of Europe, Asia,

Southwest Russia, Japan, eastern China, New Zealand, and southeastern Australia.

CLIMATE The average annual temperature in a

deciduous forest is 50° F. The average rainfall is 30 to 60 inches a year.

Staunton, Virginia, United States

PLANTS In deciduous forests there are five different

zones. 1: Tree Stratum zone, contains oak, beech,

maple, chestnut hickory, elm,etc. 2:The small tree and sapling zone.This zone

has young, and short trees. 3: Shrub zone. Some of the shrubs in this zone

are rhododendrons, azaleas, mountain laurel, and huckleberries.

4: Herb.It contains short plants such as herbal plants.

5:The final zone is the Ground zone. It contains lichen, club mosses, and true mosses.

ANIMALS American Bald Eagle, American Black

Bear, Coyote, European Red Squirrel, White-tailed Deer.