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Title: Terrestrial Biomes


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Terrestrial Biomes
  • Honors Biology

2
Polar
  • Where Located N. S. Poles, Antartica
  • Temperature/Rainfall lt 10 cm
  • Unique Fact Earths coldest extreme, Antarctica
    is coldest (land mass)

3
Polar
  • Types of Plants
  • Mosses
  • Lichens
  • Types of Animals
  • Polar bear, gulls (N.Pole)
  • Penguins, whales (S. Pole)

4
Tundra
  • Where Located N. Canada, Russia
  • Temperature/Rainfall lt 25 cm
  • Unique Fact Layer called PERMAFROST(500 m
    thick), No trees

5
Tundra
  • Types of Plants
  • Mosses
  • Lichens
  • Wildflowers
  • shrubs
  • Types of Animals
  • Caribou
  • Wolves
  • Bears
  • geese

6
Tundra
7
Taiga/Coniferous Forest
  • Where Located Canada, Russia
  • Temperature/Rainfall 50 cm
  • Unique Fact Needle-leaved trees w/cones

8
Taiga
  • Types of Plants
  • Spruce
  • Fir
  • Pine
  • Types of Animals
  • Elk
  • Moose
  • Wolverine
  • Lynx

9
Taiga
10
Coniferous Forest
11
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

12
Grassland/Savanna
  • Types of Plants
  • Grasses
  • Wildflowers
  • Types of Animals
  • Zebra
  • Elephants
  • Prairie Dogs
  • Bison

13
Savanna
14
Grassland
15
Deciduous Forest/Temperate
  • Where Located Eastern US, Europe
  • Temperature/Rainfall 75-250 cm
  • Unique Fact Trees lose leaves in fall

16
Deciduous Forest
  • Types of Plants
  • Oaks
  • Willows
  • Hickory
  • Sycamore
  • Types of Animals
  • Squirrel
  • Fox
  • Birds
  • Reptiles

17
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

19
Desert
  • Types of Plants
  • Saguaro Cactus
  • Joshua Tree
  • Types of Animals
  • Reptiles
  • Roadrunner
  • Jack Rabbit

20
Desert
21
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

22
Tropical Rain Forest
  • Types of Plants
  • Rubber tree
  • Orchids
  • Vanilla plants
  • Banana trees
  • Types of Animals
  • Monkeys
  • Macaws
  • Insects
  • Leopard/cats

23
Rain Forest
24
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?
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