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what factors affect terrestrial biomes
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what factors affect terrestrial biomes amount of rainfall and temperature
warm temperatures and abundant rain with high humidity tropical rain forest
2 meters of rain annually tropical rain forest
trees form the canopy (100 feet) with layers of plants underneath adapted to live in filtered light tropical rain forest
provide 40% of earth's oxygen tropical rain forest
biodiversity: home to more species than all biomes together tropical rain forest
animals: monkeys, reptiles, insects, tree frogs, brightly colored birds tropical rain forest
wettest terrestrial biome tropical rain forest
in central and south america, asia, africa, and australia tropical rain forest
high temperature with moderate rainfall (long dry season) savanna
tropical grassland with scattered trees savanna
africa and south america savanna
home of simba and nala savanna
animals: giraffes, wildebeests, gazelles, zebras, impalas, buffaloes, lions, and hyenas savanna
many animals migrate during the dry season savanna
in africa, south america, and australia savanna
very little rain, hot during the day desert
plants and animals have adapted to hold water (cacti) desert
animals: rodents, snakes, lizards, tarantulas, scorpions, and a few birds (many nocturnal) desert
30% of Earth's surface desert
less than 25 cm (10 in) of precipitation annually desert
exist on every continent except europe desert
driest biome desert
ex. sahara, gobi, kalahari, and antarctica desert
temperate forest deciduous forest
abundant rain, long summers, and cold winters deciduous forest
well defined seasons deciduous forest
plants drop their leaves in the fall deciduous forest
some evergreens mixed in deciduous forest
animals: insects, small rodents, deer, raccoons, foxes, bobcats, mountain lions, and black bears deciduous forest
our biome! deciduous forest
south of the taiga deciduous forest
temperate grassland grasslands
not enough rain to support tress grasslands
warm summers and cold winters grasslands
many herbivores such as bison, antelope, squirrels, rabbits and foxes and coyotes that are their predators grasslands
prairies in the US, steppes in Russia grasslands
fertile farmland grasslands
exist in coastal regions with little rainfall, long, hot summers and mild winters scrub forest
exist in california (6 million acres), south america and the mediterranean scrub forest
plants here are adapted to fire and resprout from roots scrub forest
animals: rabbits, chipmunks, lizards, snakes, small birds, and mile deer scrub forest
chapparral scrub forest
known as taiga, cold, wet winters and short summers coniferous forest
exclusive to the northern hemisphere coniferous forest
cone bearing plants such as pine, spruce, and fir coniferous forest
waxy needles to prevent water loss coniferous forest
animals: rabbits, porcupines, rodents, moose, elk, deer, and grizzly bears coniferous forest
taiga or boreal forest coniferous forest
largest land biome-only in northern hemisphere coniferous forest
extremely cold tundra
very little light for photosynthesis due to the suns angle tundra
exists only in the northern hemisphere
tundra
subsoil exists as permafrost, top layer thaws during growing season tundra
animals: caribou, reindeer, snowy owls, wolves, foxes, geese, and other birds tundra
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