Terrestrial Biomes

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Terrestrial Biomes

• Honors Biology

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Polar

• Where Located N. S. Poles, Antartica
• Temperature/Rainfall lt 10 cm
• Unique Fact Earths coldest extreme, Antarctica
  is coldest (land mass)

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Polar

• Types of Plants
• Mosses
• Lichens

• Types of Animals
• Polar bear, gulls (N.Pole)
• Penguins, whales (S. Pole)

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Tundra

• Where Located N. Canada, Russia
• Temperature/Rainfall lt 25 cm
• Unique Fact Layer called PERMAFROST(500 m
  thick), No trees

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Tundra

• Types of Plants
• Mosses
• Lichens
• Wildflowers
• shrubs

• Types of Animals
• Caribou
• Wolves
• Bears
• geese

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Tundra
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Taiga/Coniferous Forest

• Where Located Canada, Russia
• Temperature/Rainfall 50 cm
• Unique Fact Needle-leaved trees w/cones

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Taiga

• Types of Plants
• Spruce
• Fir
• Pine

• Types of Animals
• Elk
• Moose
• Wolverine
• Lynx

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Taiga
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Coniferous Forest
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Grassland/Savanna

• Where Located Central US (Prairies), S.America
  (Pampas), Africa (Savanna, Veldt)
• Temperature/Rainfall 100 cm
• Unique Fact Largest land biome (1/4 of land
  surface), transition betw desert rain forest

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Grassland/Savanna

• Types of Plants
• Grasses
• Wildflowers

• Types of Animals
• Zebra
• Elephants
• Prairie Dogs
• Bison

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Savanna
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Grassland
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Deciduous Forest/Temperate

• Where Located Eastern US, Europe
• Temperature/Rainfall 75-250 cm
• Unique Fact Trees lose leaves in fall

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Deciduous Forest

• Types of Plants
• Oaks
• Willows
• Hickory
• Sycamore

• Types of Animals
• Squirrel
• Fox
• Birds
• Reptiles

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Deciduous Forest
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Desert

• Where Located N. Africa, SW US, Saudi Arabia
• Temperature/Rainfall lt 25 cm
• Unique Fact Plant adaptations-deep tap roots,
  store water Animal adaptations- glycerol as
  antifreeze, burrow

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Desert

• Types of Plants
• Saguaro Cactus
• Joshua Tree

• Types of Animals
• Reptiles
• Roadrunner
• Jack Rabbit

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Desert
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Tropical Rain Forest

• Where Located Brazil (largest), S. Asia
• Temperature/Rainfall 300 cm
• Unique Fact 3 layers- canopy, understory, forest
  floor, home to more spp than any other biome,
  soil not nutrient-rich

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Tropical Rain Forest

• Types of Plants
• Rubber tree
• Orchids
• Vanilla plants
• Banana trees

• Types of Animals
• Monkeys
• Macaws
• Insects
• Leopard/cats

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Rain Forest
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Biome Quiz

• This biome is also known as the treeless biome?
• Plants animals must adapt to extreme heat
  cold in this biome?
• This biome contains mainly trees with needle
  leaves cones?
• This biome contains more species than any other?

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Biome Quiz

• This biome is typically a transition between rain
  forest desert?
• The Earths coldest extreme?
• This biome receives less than 25 cm of rain
  annually?