What are the different

biomes of the world?

What is a biome?

Biome - a large region characterized by a specific type of climate and certain types of plant and animal communities

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What cause Biomes to be different?

ClimateThe meteorological conditions, including temperature, precipitation, and wind, that characteristically prevail in a particular area

Geographic factors – mountains, valley, river……

The different Land Biomes of the World

• Desert• Temperate Deciduous Forests• Coniferous Forests• Tropical Rain Forests• Savanna• Tundra

Biomes of the world

Desert •a hot, dry biome inhabited by organism adapter to survive high daytime temperatures and long periods without rain

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Temperate Deciduous Forests

The deciduous forest has four distinct seasons, spring, summer, autumn, and winter. In the autumn the leaves change color. During the winter months the trees lose their leaves.

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Coniferous Forests Coniferous forests are made up

mainly of cone-bearing or coniferous trees, such as spruces, hemlocks, pines and firs. The leaves of these trees are either small and needle-like or scale-like and most stay green all year around (evergreen). All are softwoods able to survive cold temperatures and acidic soil.

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Tropical Rain Forests • The tropical rainforest is earth's

most complex biome in terms of both structure and species diversity. It occurs under optimal growing conditions: abundant precipitation and year round warmth. There is no annual rhythm to the forest; rather each species has evolved its own flowering and fruiting seasons. Sunlight is a major limiting factor.

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Temperate Grassland •Temperate grasslands are

characterized as having grasses as the dominant vegetation. Trees and large shrubs are absent. Temperatures vary more from summer to winter, and the amount of rainfall is less in temperate grasslands than in savannas.

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Savanna

•a tropical grassland biome with scattered clumps of trees

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Tundra a far-northern biome characterized by long, cold winters, permafrost and few trees

Permafrost the permanently frozen ground below the soil surface in the arctic tundra   Give me an example

The different Aquatic Biomes of the World

MarshSwampEstuaryLittoral zoneOpen-water zoneDeep-water zone

Wetland an area of land where the water level is near or above the surface of the ground for most of the year.

 Marsh a treeless wetland ecosystem  Swamp a wetland ecosystem in which trees and vines grow 

Tributary a stream that flows to a larger stream or other body of water

 Estuary an area where fresh water from streams and rivers spills into the ocean.

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Marine describes an ecosystem based on salty water Littoral zonethe zone of water that is closest to the edge of the land

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Open-water zone The zone of water that extends from the littoral zone out and that is only as deep as light can reach through the water Deep-water zone the zone of water that is below the open-water zone where no light reaches 

Coral Reefs