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Land Biomes of the World

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Biomes

• Biomes‐ geographical areas that have similar climates and ecosystems.  Biomes contain one or more ecosystems

Tundra

• Found in latitudes around the North Pole

• Precipitation: 30‐50 cm Temperature: Summer 12°C

Winter   ‐26°C

• Soil is very poor• Permafrost‐ layer of permanently frozen soil.

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Tundra

• Known as: 

“The Land of the Midnight Sun”

• Winter lasts 6 to 9 months with no daylight

• Summer is short and cold with 24 hours of sunlight a day

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Tundra

Lichens

True Mosses

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Tundra

Grasses

Small Shrubs and flowers

Animals of the Tundra

Snowy owl Arctic Hare Lemming

CaribouMusk Oxen

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Coniferous Forest or Taiga

• Worlds largest land biome

• Precipitation: 35‐75 cm Temperature: Summer 14°C

Winter   ‐10°C

• Cone bearing plants• Needle‐like leaves conservewater and allow trees not tohave snow build up onbranches.

Plants of the Coniferous Forest 

Fir tree

Spruce tree

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Animals of the Coniferous Forest 

Black Bear

Lynx

Moose

Badger

Temperate Deciduous Forest

• Precipitation: 75‐125 cm Temperature: Summer 28°C 

Winter   6°C

• Deciduous comes from the Latin word “to fall off”

• Trees change color in changing of the seasons

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Temperate Deciduous Forest

• Trees lose leaves in order to conserve water

• Leaf liter makes the soil fairly rich with nutrients.

Plants of the Temperate Deciduous Forest

Wild Flowers

Oak Tree

Maple Tree

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Animals of the Temperate Deciduous Forest

Bird‐(Bald Eagle)

Mouse

Snake

Leopard Frog

Tropical Rain Forest

• Located near the equator

• Precipitation:  Up to 400 cm

• Temperature: Stays consistently warm/hot year round

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Tropical Rain Forest

• Soil is poor and acidic

• Most plants have shallow roots

• Biome that has the most biological diversity

Plants of the Tropical Rain Forest

Mahogany Tree

Giant ferns

Orchids

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Animals of the Tropical Rain Forest

Jaguar

Butterfly

Toucan

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Grasslands• Consists of Plains, steppes, savannas, pampas

• “Breadbasket of the world”  found on every continent

• Precipitation: 25‐75 cm

• Temperature: Summer‐ 30°C   Winter‐ 0°C

Grasslands

• Grasslands are known by many names.

• U.S.A. – Prairie or Plains

• Asia – Steppe

• South America – Pampas

• Africa –Veldt or Savanna

• Australia ‐ Savanna

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Temperate Grasslands

• No trees grow in the temperate grassland.

• Fires prevent slow growing plants from getting too big

• Many consist of small, seed eating mammals, and some large herbivores 

Savanna

• Precipitation:  150 cm Temperature: Dry Season 34°C

Wet Season 16°C

• Can have scattered clumps of trees

• Large herbivores inhabit the savanna

• Giraffes, zebras, gazelles, and wildebeests

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More Animals of the Savanna

Deserts• Temperatures are extremely hot during the day and very cold at night.

• Biome that receives the least annual rainfall per year.

• Plants have deep or long spread out roots to reach water

• Plants grow far apart to reduce competition

• Animals are adapted to survive extremely dry weather (ex: large ears, recycle water)

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DesertLizards

cactus

fox

snake

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