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Biomes

Land and Water Biomes

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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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