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biome facts
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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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