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Title: Which Biome do you live in?


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Which Biome do you live in?
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What is a Biome?
  • An region characterized by the major organisms
    that live there and its climate.
  • Can you name one?

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Where are they?
4
What are the Biomes?
  • Rainforest
  • Tundra
  • Taiga
  • Deciduous
  • Grassland
  • Desert
  • Ocean

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  • Can be Tropical or Temperate
  • Tropical rainforest receives 80-400 inches of
    rainfall/year. (High Rainfall)
  • Most Diversity of Organisms
  • Temperate rainforest receive about 100 inches/year

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Tropical vs. Temperate
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FUN FACTS! To be a rainforest it must
  • Lie between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic
    of Capricorn. 
  • Receive rainfall regularly throughout the year
    (80-400 inches per year).
  • Remain warm and frost free all year long (mean
    temperatures are between 70 and 85F) with very
    little daily fluctuation.

8
Rainforest organisms
  • Figs Gorilla
  • Ferns Cobras
  • Mangroves Flowering vines
  • Tapir Orangutan
  • Chimpanzee
  • Tree squirrels
  • Insects/butterflies/spiders

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  • Covers 1/5 of the earth's surface.
  • Located in the North Pole.
  • Permafrost Permanently frozen layer of earth.
  • The average annual temperature is only 10 to 20F
  • Water is unavailable during most of the year.
  • Low rainfall, usually less than 10 inches
  • Plants in the tundra are small and grow close to
    the ground.
  • Lichens grow in this area on exposed rock.

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This plant grows in the tundraWhy the red leaves?
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Common Animals in the Tundra
Artic Fox Tundra Swan Caribou Musk Ox Polar
Bear Snow Bunting Snow Owl Rock Ptarmigan
12
  • Canada, Europe and Asia
  • Evergreen/Coniferous trees
  • Very Cold Winters, but Warm summers as well.
  • Moderate rainfall (12-22 inches mostly in the
    summer)
  • Long nights in the winter and long days in the
    summer.

13
Common Taiga Organisms
  • Pine trees
  • Fir trees
  • Aspen trees
  • Hawk Owl
  • Lynx
  • Beaver
  • Moose
  • Snowshoe Rabbit
  • TONS OF INSECTS!!

14
  • North Africa, U.S., Antarctica, Australia
  • Extremes VERY Dry, VERY Hot, VERY Cold
  • Deserts come in hot or cold variety VERY Hot over
    100 degrees during the day
  • Nights in the 40s
  • VERY little rain(less than 10 inches a year)
    (Until rainy season and then flooding can occur).
  • Why does the weather fluctuate like this in the
    desert but not here?
  • Lack of humidity to trap heat.

15
Common Desert organisms
  • Saguaro Cactus
  • Joshua Trees
  • Barrel Cactus
  • Prickly Pear
  • Aloe
  • Dingo
  • Great Jeroba
  • Gila Monster
  • Bats
  • Vultures
  • Wasps

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  • United States, Canada, Europe, parts of Russia,
    China, and Japan. 
  • Has four seasons Winter, fall, spring, and
    summer
  • Heavy rain fall 30-60 inches a year.
  • Moderate warm summers and cold winters
  • What causes seasons?

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Common Deciduous Organisms
  • Dogwood
  • Sumac
  • Ginkgo
  • Oaks
  • Black Bear
  • Gray Squirrel
  • Raccoon
  • White-tailed Deer
  • Wild Hogs
  • Cardinal
  • Turkey

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  • U.S. and Canada
  • Very few trees except near rivers
  • Moderate to low rainfall 10 to 30 inches.
  • Very fertile soil lots of seeds.
  • Farm land located in these areas
  • Cattle, Bison,and Prong Horn graze these fields.
  • Temperate and Tropical Grasslands
  • Tropical Near the equator warm all year
  • Temperate Have hot summers and harsh winters

19
Grassland Organisms
  • Coneflowers
  • Monarch Butterfly
  • Red Bud Tree
  • Bison
  • Deer
  • Zebra
  • African Elephant
  • Black Rhinoceros
  • Hyena
  • Giraffe
  • Lion
  • Prairie Dog

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  • Cover ¾ of the earths surface
  • Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Artic and the Southern
  • Very Salty
  • Lots of Diversity
  • At the deepest point its 7 miles deep.

21
90 of marine life lives here
No photosynthesis. lantern fish, hatchet fish,
viperfish, and mid-water jellyfish.
90 of the ocean is in this zone. Bacteria,
angler fish, tripod fish, sea cucumber, and
vampire squid live here.
22
Marine Organisms
  • Salmon
  • Plankton
  • Dolphins
  • Turtles
  • Sharks
  • Coral
  • Crustaceans
  • Echinoderms
  • Sponges

23
Daily Knowledge
  • Which biome receives the least rainfall?
  • Which biome has the coldest winters?
  • Which biome has the most diversity?
  • Which biome do we live in here in Kingsland?
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