Biomes

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Biomes

• Large geographical area of distinctive plants and
  animals that have adapted to that particular
  area.
• It is usually natural occurring conditions in an
  area that determine its biomes.
• Climate
• Geography

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Biomes

• All living things are closely related to their
  environment.
• Any change in one part of the environment
  (increase or decrease of plant or animal) causes
  a ripple effect that will change the environment.

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Abiotic factors non-living things in an
environment such as temperature, availability of
water, soil type.
Biotic factors living things in an environment
such as plants and animals.
Plants and animals are adapted to their
environment. So the living things (biotic
factors) depend on the abiotic factors to
survive. For example, a dolphin needs salt water
to survive. They depend on the abiotic factors
in their environment to make up their ecosystem.
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Biomes

• Types of Biomes
• Rainforest
• Desert
• Grasslands
• Deciduous Forest
• Boreal Forest
• Mountains and Ice
• Tundra
• Fresh Water
• Marine

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Rain forest

• Receive high annual rainfall due to location near
  the tropics
• The tropical rain forest is a forest of tall
  trees in a region of year-round warmth. An
  average of 50 to 260 inches (125 to 660 cm.) of
  rain falls yearly.
• Rain forests belong to the tropical wet climate
  group. The temperature in a rain forest rarely
  gets higher than 93 F (34 C) or drops below 68
  F (20 C)
• Many birds and exotic animals live in rainforest
  including chimpanzees, Harpy Eagle, and parrots
• Plants include moss and climbing plants, bamboo,
  and mangrove

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Desert

• Receive little to no precipitation
• Hot and Dry Deserts temperature ranges from 68F
  to 70F but can get as high as 140?F
• Cactus
• Camels, elephants, lions

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Grasslands

• Savanna grasslands have tropical climate which
  have both wet and dry seasons. Dry seasons can
  cause droughts.
• 3 Types of Grasslands
• Climatic (Tropic with rainfall of 20-50 inches a
  year with droughts
• Derived- Cultivated by Farmers
• Edaphic- Restrict the growth of trees

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Deciduous Forest

• Sometimes called Temperate Forest
• Grow in middle latitudes around the globe
• Average Annual precipitation is 15 to 20 inches
• Summer and winter are equal seasons
• Plants and Animals include
• Maples, dogwoods,
• black bears, white-tailed-deer

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Boreal Forest (Taiga)

• Precipitation varies, from about 8in. of
  precipitation per year to over 80in.
• Grow in middle latitudes around the globe
• Plants - Maples, dogwoods
• black bears, white-tailed-deer
• The average temperature is below freezing for six
  months out of the year. The winter temperature
  range is 65 to 30 F. The high in summer can be
  70 F. The summers are mostly warm, rainy and
  humid.
• The forms the precipitation comes in are rain,
  snow and dew. Most of the precipitation in the
  taiga falls as rain in the summer.

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Mountains and Ice

• Also know as the Alpine biome.
• Summer temperatures range between 10F to 50F.
  Winter temperatures are below freezing.
• The average precipitation is 12 inches per year.
   
• Bristlecone pine, heath, moss, wild potato,
  grasses, dwarf trees
• alpacas, llamas, mountain goats, yaks, snow
  leopards, condors, insects

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Tundra

• Coldest places on Earth-Called the Land of
  Extremes
• The tundra is the world's coldest and driest
  biomes. The average annual temperature is -18 F
  (-28 C)
• Polar Bears, Beluga Whales, Lichen
• Arctic Moss, Arctic Willow, Bearberry
• 2 Types
• Arctic/North Pole
• Alpine-High Mountains

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Marine

• Under Construction

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Fresh Water

• Under Construction