Biome

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Biome

• An area with a distinct climate and specific
  types of plants and animals
• Examples Tundra, Taiga, Grassland, Desert,
  Temperate Forest, Rain Forest, Salt water, and
  Fresh Water

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Tropical Rain Forest

• Has the most diverse number of species out of all
  of the biomes.
• This is a warm wet biome

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Tropical Dry Forest

• Rain fall is seasonal here
• This is a place where it is warm with
  alternating wet periods

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Tropical Savanna

• This biome gets less water than the Tropical dry
  forest
• They have few trees and warm temperatures

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Desert

• This is a very dry warm biome
• The amount of water there is very minimal and
  only comes during the rainy season

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Temperate Grassland

• This biome has the most fertile soil
• It has seasons where there are clod winters and
  hot summers

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Temperate Woodland or Shrub land

• This biome has a mixture of woodlands and shrub
  communities
• It has hot dry summers and cool moist winters.

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Temperate Forest

• This biome has a mixture of trees
• It has cold winters and mild summers

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Northwest Coniferous Forest

• This biome has mild moist air and abundant
  rainfall
• It has mostly mild temperatures

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Boreal Forest or Taiga

• This biome has very cold winters and mild summers
• It has high humidity

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Tundra

• This biome has permanently frozen subsoil
• It has strong winds and short summers.

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Aquatic Ecosystems

• Freshwater ecosystems there are 2 main types
• Flowing-water organisms in this environment are
  well adapted to the rate of water flow
• Standing-water organisms in this environment
  are free-floating or weakly swimming.

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Freshwater Wetlands

• A wetland is where water either covers the soil
  or is near the surface of the soil
• The water will be a combination of
  flowing/standing and salty/fresh
• There are 3 kinds of wetlands bogs, marshes and
  swamps

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Estuaries

• They are wetlands that form where rivers meet the
  sea
• At the bottom of the food web there is detritus
  (tiny pieces of organic material)
• They support a large variety of species
• There are 2 kinds of estuaries salt marshes and
  mangrove swamps

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Marine Ecosystems

• There are 5 kinds Intertidal, Coastal Ocean,
  Coral Reef, Open Ocean and Benthic Zone.
• Each of the 5 zones have there own individual
  species that live.
• There and there own individual characteristics
  that define where there are in the oceans.