1. Biomes

3. Biomes
Similar climate
Similar animals
Similar plants

6. Tropical Rain Forest

8. Tropical Rain Forest
*more species live here than any other biome *Canopy: dense, leafy tops of trees *Understory: 2nd layer of shorter trees/vines

9. Tropical Rain Forest Hot and wet year round
Plants: Broad leaf trees, vines, orchids
Animals: monkeys, toucans, butterflies, anacondas

10. Tropical Rain Forest

11. Tropical Rain Forest
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12. Tropical Dry Forest

14. Tropical Dry Forest Rainfall is seasonal, usually warm
Dry season: trees will drop their leaves
“Deciduous”: tree that sheds its leaves during a particular season

15. Tropical Dry Forest Wet and dry seasons Plants: Tall, deciduous trees
Animals: Tigers, elephants, rhinos, termites, lizards

16. Tropical Dry Forest
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17. Tropical Savanna
More rain than a desert, less than tropical dry forest
Grasses…. Isolated trees

19. Tropical Savanna Warm, seasonal rainfall
Plants: perennial grasses, drought resistant trees & bushes
Animals: lions, leopards, hyenas, giraffes, elephants, zebras, termites

20. Tropical Savanna

21. Tropical Savanna
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22. Desert Annual precipitation < 25 cm./year (10”)
Can have extreme temperature variation

24. Desert Dry Plants: Cacti, succulents
Animals: mountain lions, foxes, bats, hawks, ants, rattlesnakes

25. Desert

26. Desert
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27. Temperate Grassland

29. Temperate Grassland
Rich grasses, fertile soil

30. Temperate Grassland
Warm, hot summers; cold winters; moderate precipitation
Plants: perennial grasses
Animals: coyotes, wolves, grizzly bears, prairie dogs, hawks, snakes, ants, grasshoppers

31. Temperate Grassland
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32. Temperate Shrubland Sometimes called “Temperate Woodland”
Sometimes called “Chaparral”
Semi-arid

34. Temperate Shrubland Hot, dry summer; cool, moist winter Periodic fires
Plants: woody evergreen shrubs, herbs
Animals: coyotes, foxes, mountain lions, deer, rabbits, mice, hawks, lizards, snakes, spiders

35. Temperate Shrubland

36. Temperate Shrubland

37. Temperate Shrubland
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38. Temperate Forest Deciduous & Coniferous trees
Coniferous (conifers): seed bearing cones, usually have needle shaped leaves

40. Temperate Forest 4 seasons
Warm summers, cold/moderate winters, year round precipitation
Deciduous trees, conifers, flowering shrubs, mosses, ferns
Deer, black bears, squirrels, raccoons, songbirds

41. Temperate Forest

42. Temperate Forest

43. Temperate Forest
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44. Coniferous Forest
Mild temperatures

46. Coniferous Forest Wet winters, spring, autumn Dry summers
Plants: Conifers & redwoods
Animals: Bears, elk, deer, owls

47. Coniferous Forest

48. Coniferous Forest

49. Coniferous Forest
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50. Boreal Forest

52. Boreal Forest
Sometimes called the “Taiga”

53. Boreal Forest Long, cold winters
Short, mild summers (the ground will thaw)
Moderate precipitation

54. Boreal Forest
Plants: spruce & fir trees (conifers), a few deciduous trees, berry bearing shrubs
Animals: moose, lynx, wolves, songbirds

55. Boreal Forest

56. Boreal Forest
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57. Tundra

59. Tundra
Permafrost
Top centimeters of soil will thaw in summer

60. Tundra
Strong winds, low precipitation, long/cold/dark winters, permafrost
Plants: mosses, lichens, short grasses
Animals: caribou, foxes, snowy owl, small rodents

61. Tundra

62. Tundra
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63. Polar Ice Caps Cold year round Mosses & lichens
Polar bears, seals, insects (north)
Penguins & marine animals (south)

65. Polar Ice Caps
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66. Mountains
Elevation determines abiotic and biotic factors

67. Mountains