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Biomes
Land and Water Biomes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| biome | a large region characterized by a specific type of climate (abiotic factors) and certain types of plant and animal communities (biotic factors) |
| tundra | Polar Tundra is found at the “top” of the world near the North Pole (Alaska, Canada, Siberia) Dry like a desert, only it is snow not rain (less than 25 cm/year) (-25oC to 4oC) Has little sunlight in winter Moss grass small shrubs |
| TAIGA | Northern Hemisphere 25 to 75 cm / year -10oC to 14oC dark forest floor pine, spruce, and fir trees bears, eagles, moose, mice and wolves |
| DECIDUOUS FOREST | between the equator and the poles rain throughout the year (75 to 125 cm/year) 0oC to 28oC 4 seasons, streams, ponds ferns, wildflowers, trees deer, racoons, ticks, fox, birds |
| tropical rainforest | near equator rains every day 200-450 cm of rain every year always hot (25oC to 28oC) humid, constant climate, dark forest floor palm trees, bannanas, hibiscus monkeys, sloths, parrots, toucan, jaguar, frogs |
| desert | dry, sandy, Less than 25 cm/year all continents very cold at night, hot during the daytime sand dunes, intense sunlight cacti, succulent lizards, frogs, scorpion, roadrunner, rat, snake and bats |
| grassland | 6/7 continents (exclude Antarctica) rainy and dry seasons (25 to 75 cm / year) 0oC to 25oC good soil, flat land, some small hills wildflowers, wheat, oats, grass, corn elephant, horse, lion, butterfly, kangaroo |
| fresh water | no or low salt temp varies algae, phytoplankton, water lily ducks, snails, trout, mussel, zoo-plankton, turtles |
| salt water | high salt levels, waves, tides, temp varies kelp, phytoplankton, algae, mangrove tees jellyfish, coral, dolphins, groupers, crab, shrimp, pelicans, turtles, rays |
| estuary | mix of salt and fresh water water depth varies seagrass, water lilies, mangrove trees manatees, birds, estuary catfish, fish 'nurseries' |
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