unit 5 ecosystems
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5 Ecosystems
José Ángel.
THE EARTH’S TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS
• Tundra: Is the coldest ecosystem on Earth and it is also very dry. It is located in
the land areas near the North Pole.
-Characteristic: Is the absence of trees. There are mosses and some grasses.
-Fauna typical are reindeers, arctic foxes, polar bears and white wolves.
• Grassland: Grassland are flat areas dominated by grasses.
-Savannahs (tropical areas). -Temperate grasslands (colder regions). Animals -> Elephant, giraffes, zebras, lions, coyotes, wolves, bison prairie
dogs, gazellas, antelopes.
• Tropical rainforest: Forest in tropical areas are warn and wet.
-Flora (plants): Evergreen trees, orchids , ferns . -Fauna (animals): Snakes, monkeys, jaguars, insects, many birds (parrot,
tucan).
• Forests: -Coniferous forests cold areas evergreen trees and animals like brown
bears, deer and foxes. -Temperate deciduous forests trees which lose their leaves every winter,
such as oak, beech and maple and animals like squirrels, rodents and wild boar.
- Mediterranean forest surrounding areas of the mediterranean. Sea Cork oaks, holm oaks, thyme and Rosemary.
Fauna: eagles, foxes, lynx and rodents.
• Desert: The driest and hottest places on Earth. Temperatures are very high during the day but low at night. Examples include: Cacti, small bushes, lizards, snakes, camels and scorpions.
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