1. What is a Biome?
Large region characterized by a specific type of climate and certain types of plant and animal communities

2. Factors influencing Biomes
Climate
Weather conditions
Temperature
Precipitation
Vegetation
Plants have specialized structures that allow them to survive in certain environments
These plants determine what other organisms can live there

4. Temperature and precipitation

5. Latitude and altitude

6. Tropical rain forest

7. Plants and animals

8. Temperate deciduous forest

9. Plants and animals

10. Taiga

11. Plants and animals

12. desert

13. Plants and animals

14. tundra

15. Plants and animals

16. Savanna

17. Plants and animals

18. Temperate grassland

19. Plants and animals

20. chaparral

21. Plants and animals