What are the different biomes of the world?

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What are the different biomes of the world?
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What is a biome?

• Biome - a large region characterized by a
  specific type of climate and certain types of
  plant and animal communities
• Give me some examples
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What cause Biomes to be different? Climate The
meteorological conditions, including temperature,
precipitation, and wind, that characteristically
prevail in a particular area Geographic factors
mountains, valley, river
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The different Land Biomes of the World

• Desert
• Temperate Deciduous Forests
• Coniferous Forests
• Tropical Rain Forests
• Savanna
• Tundra

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Biomes of the world

• Desert
• a hot, dry biome inhabited by organism adapter to
  survive high daytime temperatures and long
  periods without rain
•   Give me an example

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Temperate Deciduous Forests The deciduous forest
has four distinct seasons, spring, summer,
autumn, and winter. In the autumn the leaves
change color. During the winter months the trees
lose their leaves. Give me an example  
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Coniferous Forests 

• Coniferous forests are made up mainly of
  cone-bearing or coniferous trees, such as
  spruces, hemlocks, pines and firs. The leaves of
  these trees are either small and needle-like or
  scale-like and most stay green all year around
  (evergreen). All are softwoods able to survive
  cold temperatures and acidic soil.
• Give me an example 

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Tropical Rain Forests 

• The tropical rainforest is earth's most complex
  biome in terms of both structure and species
  diversity. It occurs under optimal growing
  conditions abundant precipitation and year round
  warmth. There is no annual rhythm to the forest
  rather each species has evolved its own flowering
  and fruiting seasons. Sunlight is a major
  limiting factor.
•  Give me an example

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Temperate Grassland 

• Temperate grasslands are characterized as having
  grasses as the dominant vegetation. Trees and
  large shrubs are absent. Temperatures vary
  more from summer to winter, and the amount of
  rainfall is less in temperate grasslands than in
  savannas.
•   Give me an example

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Savanna

• a tropical grassland biome with scattered clumps
  of trees
•   Give me an example

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Tundra a far-northern biome characterized by
long, cold winters, permafrost and few
trees Permafrost the permanently frozen ground
below the soil surface in the arctic tundra    
Give me an example
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The different Aquatic Biomes of the
World Marsh Swamp Estuary Littoral
zone Open-water zone Deep-water zone
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Wetland an area of land where the water level is
near or above the surface of the ground for most
of the year.  Marsh a treeless wetland
ecosystem  Swamp a wetland ecosystem in which
trees and vines grow  
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Tributary a stream that flows to a larger stream
or other body of water  Estuary an area where
fresh water from streams and rivers spills into
the ocean.   Give me an example
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Marine describes an ecosystem based on salty
water   Littoral zone the zone of water that is
closest to the edge of the land   Give me an
example
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Open-water zone The zone of water that extends
from the littoral zone out and that is only as
deep as light can reach through the
water   Deep-water zone the zone of water that
is below the open-water zone where no light
reaches  
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Coral Reefs