Biomes

A group of ecosystems with similar climates and organisms.

Tropical Rain Forest

• 125-600 cm of rain a year (a lot)• 20-34 degrees Celsius (68-93)F

Tropical Rain Forest

• Most abundant life on Earth.

• Plants: Kapok tree, Durian

• Animals: monkey, cobra, insects, insects, and more insects

Temperate Rain Forest

• Lots of rain too: 300 cm a year• Temperature is more moderaterarely

above 27 Celsius

Temperate Rain Forest

• Plants: redwood tree, cedar tree, douglas fir

• Animals: deer, squirrel, otter, elk, bird, etc

Desert

• Very little rain: less than 25 cm a year• Temperature varieshot in the day, cold at

night

Desert

• Plants: Joshua Tree, low lying shrubs, saguro cactus

• Animals: gila monster, sidewinder, other animals adapted to dry

Grasslands

• Rainfall: 25-75 cm per year• Savannas are grasslands near the equator

and they can get as much as 125 cm a year

• Temperature: very hot seasons and then cooler seasons

Grasslands

• Plant: grass mostly• Animals: lions,

antelope, wildebeest, rhino

Deciduous Forest

• Average Rainfall: at least 50 cm per year• Temperature: varies from season to season

but is moderate

• This is what we live in.

Deciduous Forest

• Trees with leaves that fall off each year

• Birds, bears, rabbits, etc.

Boreal Forest

• Rainfall30-80 cm• Temperature -54 to 21 Celcius

Boreal Forest

• Plants: coniferous trees such as spruce and pine

• Animals: large herbivores and carnivores such as elk, wolves, deer, bears

Tundra

• Rainfallalmost no precipitation• Temperature -56 Celsius or -70

Farenheit

• Ground has a frozen layer of permafrost

Tundra

• Plants: low lying plants such as arctic moss

• Animals: Caribou, wolves, fox, rabbit