Download - Biomes
By: María Belén Carrillo
BIOMES
Large place
With a certain climate
Plants and animals
Suited to that climate
There are different kinds of Biomes, depending on the weather.
They are: TUNDRA
TAIGA FOREST
GRASSLAND DESERT
TYPES OF BIOMES
Frozen
Grassland
Little rain -
snow
Polar Bears
Artic Hares LemmingsArtic Foxes
TAIGA
Large Forest with a warmer climate than Tundra.
Short summers and long winters. Many Trees (evergreens) Elk – Moose – Bears - Birds
DESERT
The driest Biomes.
No rain – or little precipitation per year.
Desert plants and animals with adaptations for living there.
Cactus
Camels
GRASSLANDS
Dry biomes with
more ra
in that
deserts
Home to
grazing anim
als
Cover one third of the United States
Bison, antilopes
and kangaroos.
Two seasons:
wet / dry
FORESTS
Biomes with
many trees
growing together
Temperature /
rainfall determ
ine
them
Rainforest: more
than 80 – 200
inches of rain
More kinds of
plants and
animals than
any other biome
on EarthInsects – birds – frogs – snakes - monkeys
AQUATIC BIOMESFreshwaterSaltwater
Oceans of the worldLAKES – PONDS – RIVERS - STREAMS
Plants need sunlight for photosynthesis Little or no salt
Home to many kind of creatures
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