BERTHA MARIA APONTE BABINES

BIOMES

Biomes

Arctic Tundra

Area frozen

Plants such as:

moss,heath ans linchen, rocky land.

Two main seasons:

Winter very cold and dark with

temperatures from -28 C

to -50C.

Summer covers the

ground melts just enough to let plant

grow.

Animals: Caribou,

musk oxen,arctic hares, artic

foxes, snowy owls, polar bears.

Arctic Tundra

Polar beard

hares

caribu

foxes

Musk oxen

Snowy owls

Arctic Tundramoss

heath

lichen

Alpine Tundra

No tres grow

because of the altitude

Animals are: warm-

blooded such as: marmots

(squirrels), mountain

goats, chinchillas

Animals: pikas

(rabbit like animals and kea parrot of

New Zealand

Alpine Tundra

marmots

Mountain goat

Parrot of new zealand

chinchilla

pikas

Antarctic

Tundra

It is too cold and dry

It is covered by ice fields

There are some

linches, mosses and liverworts

There are 700

terrestrial and aquatic species of animals

Sea mammmals: seals, sea birds like pinguins,

rabbits and cats

Antarctic Tundra

seals

pinguins

rabbits

cats

Coniferous forest

Cover the 17 percent of earth´s

land surfaceIt is in the

north of the world

Coniferous fores or

taigaIt is cold

and covered with snow

usually from october to

may.

Tress grow on

mountainsides and they are tall and

narrow

Trees grow close

together for protection from the

wind

Trees produce

sedes called cones

Trees have needles

instead of leaves

Tress do not have fuit or

flowres

Grass grow under the

trees

Coniferous forest Animals

Moose: deer specie can weigh 450 kilograms

Moose have a long face and large muzzle or

nose

Moose. A flap of skin called bell

Moose eat grass

Gray owl

Loons

Siberian tiger

Moose

Gray owl

Siberian Tiger

Loon Conifeous forest

animals

mossesferns

fungi lodgepole

pinecones

Deciduous

Forest

It has four seasons

Winter is cold the

snow covers the

ground

The trees and plants lose their

leaves

There are insects, spiders,

snails and worms

During the Winter birds migrate to

warmer áreas

Raccoons hibernate spending

the coldest months

sleeping in dens

Snakes and frogs also hibernate

Deciduous

Forest

In spring there are

wild flowres and ferns

The weather

gets warmer

Tall trees grow too

thick

Baby animals are

born

Animals: bears,

White tail deer,

otters, beavers,

foxes, frogs , squirrels

Snakes, salamander

s, birds, eagles,

woodpeckers, robins and blue

jays

Deciduous

forest

spiders

White tail deer

worm

snakesnail

raccoon

otters

frogbear

squirrel

Grasslands or Savana

It is Africa, North America, Central

Asia , South America and in the Coasts of Australia.

Plant: Grasses, stolons

Few trees

Weather is hot and sunny in the

summer

Cool in the winter

Thorny tree

Grassland Animals

mice

Prairie dog

snakes

lizards

Insects

Grasslands Animals

elephants

Lions, bison

Zebras, kangaroos

giraffes

cheetahs

Rhinoceroses

Deserts

Cover about one fifth 20

percent of the earth

It is in the Western of

North America, Central

Australia, Coast of South

America, Africa, Arabian

Peninsula, Western Asia.

Plants and animals are

not abundant Temperatures are extreme:

very hot during the

day, very cold at night

Cactus

Lizards

Rodets

Desert birds

Many desert animals are nocturnal

Marine Biome

Oceans cover about

70percent of earthDeep

ocean environment has cold temperatur

es, high water

pressure, and

darkness

Organisms are

adapted to life in saltwater

Phytoplankton

organism that live near the Surface and use

sunlight to produce

food

Marine Animals

Lobsters

Fish: tuna

Sharks Sword

fish

Dolphins

Whales

Estuaries

Marine environment where

one or more

strems flow into an ocean.

Freshwater and

seawater

Marsh grasses

Algae

WormsSnails

Crabs

Oysters

Shrim

Amphibians

birds

Coral Reefs

Warm habitats

in shallow

clear watersCoral

polyps are tiny animals that live

in colonies

Hard corals like: brain coral,

elkhorn coral,

limestone

skeletons

Soft corals

like: sea fingers

Freshwater

Biome

Include still and running waterLakes

and ponds

are still water

Rivers and

streams are

running water

Factors that

affect freshwat

er: tempera

tura, sunlight, oxigenw

ater moveme

nt.

Fast moving stream

or river : strong roots, stems

( tallos)

Cling to rocks

Lilies

Cattails

Cattails Lilies

Cling to rocks

stemsstrong roots

Lakes

ponds

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