What is the difference between a Biome and an Ecosystem?

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• What is the difference between a Biome and an
  Ecosystem?
• Biosphere
• Biome Ecosystems
  are
• Ecosystem part of Biomes
• Community
• Population

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Biomes

• Ecosystems are grouped into a larger biome
• Depends on the climate and the type of plants in
  that area
• 2 types Terrestrial Biomes (on land)
• Aquatic Biomes (in the water)
• The species that live In each biome are
  different, but may look and act similar to
  species in other biomes. Because of similar
  niches in each biome.

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• An ecosystem is all the living and nonliving
  factors that affect an organism.
• A biome is a major region that is characterized
  by its climate,soil type(s), and the dominant
  plants, animals, and other organisms that live
  there. A biome is made up of many individual
  ecosystems.

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Types of Biomes

• Mountains
• Tundra
• Desert
• Chaparral
• Temperate Grassland
• Tropical savanna
• Taiga
• Temperate forest
• Tropical rainforest
• Polar ice

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Is the temperature of each Biome Hot, moderate,
or cold?

• Mountains -
• Tundra -
• Desert -
• Chaparral -
• Temperate Grassland -
• Tropical savanna -
• Taiga -
• Temperate forest -
• Tropical rainforest -
• Polar ice -

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Is the temperature of each Biome Hot, moderate,
or cold?

• Mountains - Moderate
• Tundra - Cold
• Desert - Hot
• Chaparral - Moderate
• Temperate Grassland - Moderate
• Tropical savanna - Hot
• Taiga - Cold
• Temperate forest - Moderate
• Tropical rainforest - Hot
• Polar ice - Cold

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Climate

• Weather conditions over a long
• period of time

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Latitude and Altitude Affect the Climate

• Gets colder the higher up you go (altitude)
• Gets colder the farther north/south of the
  equator you go (latitude)
• Most of food on Earth is grown between 30-60
  degrees north and south of the equator
• -- Do we live in this latitude??--

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Climatograms

• A climatogram is a graph that shows average
  monthly values for two factors temperature and
  precipitation.
• Temperature is expressed in degrees Celsius and
  is plotted as a smooth curve.
• Precipitation values are given in centimeters and
  are plotted as a histogram.

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Tundra
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Tundra

• Arctic tundra can be found in Antarctica and the
  North Pole, North of the Arctic Circle.
• Grass, lichen and herbs
• Permafrost layer of soil that is always frozen.
• Very short warm season that is very wet
• Many insects during warm season

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Taiga
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Taiga

• The word taiga means, "marshy pine forest" in
  Russian.
• one of the most fragile biomes.
• Spruce and Fir trees
• Found in Northern Hemisphere.
• Growing season very short
• Nearly constant daylight in summer
• Many lakes and swamps

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Temperate Forest
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Temperate Forest

• climate and amount of sunlight can vary
  tremendously between each season.
• four types Deciduous forest, Evergreen forest,
  temperate rain forest, and mixed evergreen and
  deciduous forests.
• Deciduous trees, lose their leaves in fall.

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Grassland
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Grasslands

• Grasslands are characterized by their tall,
  perennial grasses and lack of trees.
• 2 Types Tropical grasslands , between the
  Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. hot
  year-round, very dry, season of heavy rain.
  Temperate grasslands north of the Tropic of
  Cancer or south of the Tropic of Capricorn, cold
  winters and hot summers.
• cover a quarter of the land on Earth.

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Savanna

• Found near equator between tropical rain forest
  and desert biomes
• Grass, scattered trees, shrubs, many with thorns
• Many grazing animals
• Have a wet and dry season
• Plants and animals most active during wet season.

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Chaparrel

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Chaparral

• smallest biome.
• grows between forest and grassland, or between
  desert and grassland biomes.
• Many plants and trees have leathery leaves,
  gnarled bark, and intimidating thorns. Often
  called scrub

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Desert

• Deserts take up 8.6 million square miles on
  Earth.

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Desert

• Get less than 25 cm of rain each year
• Has little or no vegetation
• Driest places on earth
• Often located on the dry side of mountain ranges

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Rainforest

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Rainforest

• over half of the world's plant and animal species
  live here. All fit into only seven percent of the
  world's land.
• Found in Central Africa, Southeast Asia,
  Philippines, New Guinea, Central and South
  America.

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Rainforest

• Layers
• Top Emergent layer tallest trees above rest
  of forest
• Next canopy top of normal trees
• Lower canopy epiphytes plants that grow on
  tree trunks not soil - because light is so far
  from ground.
• Understory lowest level, much darker