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.