Terrestrial Biomes

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Terrestrial Biomes

• http//www.act2online.org/projects/biomes/biomes.h
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• http//waynesword.palomar.edu/biomes.htm
• http//www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/
  biomes.html

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Tropical Rain Forest
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Tropical Rain Forest

• Warm,
• Wet,
• Layered
• High Abundance Diversity

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Cutting the Rainforest

• 80 acres a minute

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And in just 2-3 years. . .
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Tropical Savanna
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Tropical Savannah

• Wet and Dry Seasons
• Scattered trees
• Warm
• GRASS

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Tropical Savanna

• Herds of grazing animals
• Predators
• Think Lion King

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Temperate Grasslands Prairie
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Temperate Grasslands

• 4 seasons
• Limited rainfall
• Occasional trees

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Temperate Deciduous Forest
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Temperate Deciduous Forest

• 4 seasons
• Leaves
• Moderate
• Rainfall
• Temps.
• Diversity
• Mammals
• Birds

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Taiga Cold Coniferous Forests
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Taiga Cold Coniferous Forest

• Wet Spruce, Pine, Fir
• Cold Large Mammals

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Arctic Tundra
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Arctic Tundra

• Dry
• Cold
• Permafrost
• High abundance
• Low diversity
• Fragile
• Small plants

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Deserts
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Deserts

• Low rainfall lt10 in Adaptations for dryness
• Daily temp extremes
• Low abundance
• Low diversity

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Major Terrestrial Biomes

• http//www.act2online.org/projects/biomes/biomes.h
  tm
• http//waynesword.palomar.edu/biomes.htm
• http//www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/
  biomes.html