Biomes

Biomes

By Nicole Gubbins

Open Ended

Why do only certain animals or plants live in specific areas on Earth?

Biomes

Biomes are both climatically and geographically defined. Biomes are regions of Earth that have similar climates and other abiotic (non-living) factors such as elevation, humidity, and soil type.

This is a picture of all of the different biomes around the world

Desert

• Receives an extremely low amount of rainfall each year. (10 inches a year)

• Temperatures can rise up to 100^oF and higher during the day and can drop to 23^oF at night

Adaptations

• Animals will have to hunt at night to prevent water loss. (Kangaroo Rat)

• Plants will be shorter and have roots closer to the surface.

• Plants will have a waxy coating to prevent water loss (Cactus)

Taiga (Coniferous Forest)

• Also known as a coniferous or boreal forest

• Located in northern regions: south of the tundra

• Short, wet summers and long, cold winters

• Temperatures range from -40^oF to 68^oF

• Precipitation is 12 to 35 inches

Taiga (Coniferous Forest)

Many of the plants in this forest are going to be pine trees . These trees do not lose their leaves during the winter and remain green year long and have pine cones. (Hence the name coniferous.)

Many of the tree types in this forest are CONE bearing trees like PINE trees.

Tundra

• Extremely cold and dry

• Very short summers and long winters

• Temperature ranges from -40^oF to 68^oF

• Precipitation ranges from 6 to 10 inches a year

All the plants and animals are adapted to live in such cold environments. What color is most common in animals of the tundra?

Open Ended

Why are the animals of the tundra primarily white?

Rainforest

• A dense forest with a large variety of species and abundant rainfall.

• The MOST BIODIVERSE BIOME

• The daily temperature ranges from 68F to 77F

• Yearly precipitation is from 79 to 394 inches a year

Multiple Choice

The rainforest is known to be the ______ _______.

• Least Diverse

• Most Driest

• Most Biodiverse

Deciduous Forest

• Consists of trees that lose their leaves during a specific season

• Four distinct seasons with average rainfall and temperatures

• Yearly temperature range from -22F to 86F

• Average rainfall of 30 - 59 inches a year

Multiple Choice

True or False: The deciduous forest experiences all four seasons.

• True

• False

Grassland

• Dominated by grasses instead of large shrubs or trees

• Also known as prairies, pampas, steppes and savannas

• Temperatures range from -4F to 86F

• Average rainfall ranges from 20-35 inches per year

Open Ended

Write down one biome and something you learned about it.

Ecosystem

• All of the communities and non living factors in an area

• Smaller than a biome

Biosphere

• Earth!!

• All ecosystems combined

Open Ended

Describe the ecosystem you live in.

The animals that see in the wild and the temperature and weather.

Biotic = Alive Abiotic = Not alive