Biomes

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Biomes
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Tropical Rainforest

• With in 30 degrees of equator- S. America,
  Africa, Asia
• 100-400 cm of annual rainfall
• Temperatures ranging from 80-95 degrees
• Most diverse terrestrial biome
• Species include many insects,
• fungus, sloth, monkeys, birds,
• trees, ferns

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Desert

• Africa, W. Coast of US,
• parts of Mexico, Australia, E. Asia,
• Persian Gulf
• Arid land with little or no rainfall
• Wide range of temperatures from night to day
• Succulent plants (store water) with spines for
  leaves, snakes, lizards, kangaroo rats
• Driest Biome

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Grassland/ Savanna

• Mid-US, S. Africa, S. America
• Agricultural biome
• Long growing season
• Less than 100 cm of annual rainfall
• Inhabited by many grasses, wildflowers, coyotes,
  and grazing animals (zebra, buffalo, elephants)

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Temperate Deciduous Forest

• E. US, Europe, E. Canada
• 4 seasons
• Warm summers and cool winters
• Broad leaf trees that lose their leaves in the
  Fall
• Inhabited by oaks, maples, hickory trees, deer,
  rabbits, bear, mice

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Taiga (Coniferous Forest)

• Russia, Canada, Alaska
• Short growing season
• Severe winters and mild
• summers
• Waterlogged soil
• Inhabited with conifer trees (fir, spruce, pine,
  hemlock), elk, and moose

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Tundra

• N. Canada, N. Russia, N. Alaska
• Treeless
• Very little precipitation
• Permafrost (frozen ground)
• Extreme cold temperatures
• Inhabited by low growing plants, lichens,
  lemmings, caribou, reindeer

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Marine Biome

• Covers ¾ of the earths surface
• Very little temperature variation
• Photic and aphotic zones
• Inhabited by plankton (producer), fish, crabs,
  kelp, jellyfish, aquatic plants

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