1. Ecosystems and Biomes

2. Ecosystems

4. Ecosystem
An ecosystem is a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.

6. Areas formed by plants and animals that have adapted to the environment
Washington rain forest

7. A biome is different from an ecosystem
A biome is different from an ecosystem. An ecosystem is the interaction of living and nonliving things in an environment. A biome is a specific geographic area notable for the species living there. A biomecan be made up of many ecosystems.

8. Main Biomes Desert Tundra Grassland Deciduous Forest Taiga
Tropical Rainforest

9. Desert

10. Desert Nocturnal animals Can be very hot or very cold
Plants have adapted or they didn’t survive

11. Tundra

12. Tundra Permafrost – permanently frozen soil just below the surface
Very cold
Plants have adapted or they didn’t survive

13. Grasslands

14. Cool in winter and hot in summer Flat areas of grass
Grassland
Cool in winter and hot in summer Flat areas of grass

15. Deciduous Forest

16. Deciduous Forest Mild climate and adequate rainfall
Most trees will lose their leaves in the winter

17. Taiga

18. Taiga (Boreal Forest) The largest biome Low temperatures
Precipitation is primarily snow

19. Rainforest

20. Tropical Rain Forest Typically found near the equator
Warm and lots of rain
6 % of the earth, but 40 % of the oxygen

23. Similar climates, vegetation, or landforms and be divided into formal regions