Biomes and Ecosystems

Learn more about ecosystems and biomes!!

​Whats an ecosystem?

An ecosystem is an environment where living and non-living things interact.
Example: animals and plants interact with the non-living things outside.

​The desert ecosystem

• The desert ecosystem is found in the desert biome.

• The ecosystem in the desert biome receives very little rain, the desert biome is arid which makes the desert ecosystem unique.

• The animals and plants in the desert have adapted to survive without standing water or much rain, some animals keep water in their bodies to survive other animals get water from their food.

• A plant people think of when they think of deserts is the cactus plant, a cactus plant has spines that protect it from being eaten by creatures and has a special covering to protect the water that is inside of it so the water doesn't get out.

​the tropical rainforest ecosystem

• Tropical rainforests are very different from deserts instead of being dry with little rain.

• Tropical rainforests get a lot of rainfall and the soil is moist.

• Tropical rainforests get lots of rainfall all year long.

• Plants and animals don't have to trap or store water in moisture in the same ways as they do in the desert because water is all around them.

• Tropical rainforests are so incredibly warm there are no cold tropical rainforests.

• All tropical rainforests are very warm all year long

• The plants and animals thrive in the warm temperatures.

• In the tropical rainforests, the soil is not rich.

• The tropical rainforest biome is home to an amazing ecosystem with lots of life that benefits from all of the rain and the warm temperatures.

REMEMBER!: An ecosystem is an environment where living and nonliving things interact.

​The temperate deciduous forest ecosystem

• Unlike temperate deciduous rainforests, temperate deciduous forests have big temperature changes throughout the year as the seasons change.

• Temperate deciduous forests experience all four seasons.

• Many animals migrate or hibernate during the winter in a temperate deciduous forest system.

• Plants are spaced far apart compared to the tropical rainforest.

• Ecosystems are environments where living and non-living things interact with each other.