1. Biomes Notes What is the difference between a Biome and an Ecosystem?
Biosphere
Biome Ecosystems are
Ecosystem part of Biomes
Community
Population

2. Biomes Ecosystems are grouped into a larger biome
Depends on the climate and the type of plants in that area
2 types: Terrestrial Biomes (on land)
Aquatic Biomes (in the water)
The species that live In each biome are different, but may look and act similar to species in other biomes. Because of similar niches in each biome.

3. What is fauna? All of the animals found in a given area.
The fauna of an area or ecosystem is all the animal species found there.

4. What is flora? vegetation: all the plant life in a particular region.
The species of plants found in a particular area.

5. An ecosystem is all the living and nonliving factors that affect an organism.
A biome is a major region that is characterized by its climate,soil type(s), and the dominant plants, animals, and other organisms that live there. A biome is made up of many individual ecosystems.

6. Types of Biomes Tundra Desert Temperate Grassland Tropical savanna
Taiga
Temperate forest
Tropical rainforest
Temperate rainforest

7. Is the temperature of each Biome: Hot, moderate, or cold?
Mountains -
Tundra -
Desert -
Chaparral -
Temperate Grassland -
Tropical savanna -
Taiga -
Temperate forest -
Tropical rainforest -
Polar ice -

8. Is the temperature of each Biome: Hot, moderate, or cold?
Mountains - Moderate
Tundra - Cold
Desert - Hot
Chaparral - Moderate
Temperate Grassland - Moderate
Tropical savanna - Hot
Taiga - Cold
Temperate forest - Moderate
Tropical rainforest - Hot
Polar ice - Cold

9. Climate
Weather conditions over a long
period of time

10. Latitude and Altitude Affect the Climate
Gets colder the higher up you go (altitude)
Gets colder the farther north/south of the equator you go (latitude)
Most of food on Earth is grown between degrees north and south of the equator
Do we live in this latitude?

14. Tundra

15. Tundra
Arctic tundra can be found in Antarctica and the North Pole, North of the Arctic Circle.
Grass, lichen and herbs
Permafrost – layer of soil that is always frozen.
Very short warm season that is very wet
Many insects during warm season

16. Taiga

17. Taiga The word taiga means, "marshy pine forest" in Russian.
one of the most fragile biomes.
Spruce and Fir trees
Found in Northern Hemisphere.
Growing season very short
Nearly constant daylight in summer
Many lakes and swamps

18. Temperate Forest

19. Temperate Forest
climate and amount of sunlight can vary tremendously between each season.
four types: Deciduous forest, Evergreen forest, temperate rain forest, and mixed evergreen and deciduous forests.
Deciduous trees, lose their leaves in fall.

20. Grassland

21. Grasslands are characterized by their tall, perennial grasses and lack of trees.
2 Types :Tropical grasslands , between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. hot year-round, very dry, season of heavy rain. Temperate grasslands; north of the Tropic of Cancer or south of the Tropic of Capricorn, cold winters and hot summers.
cover a quarter of the land on Earth.
Grasslands

22. Savanna
Found near equator between tropical rain forest and desert biomes
Grass, scattered trees, shrubs, many with thorns
Many grazing animals
Have a wet and dry season
Plants and animals most active during wet season.

23. Chaparral

24. Chaparral smallest biome.
grows between forest and grassland, or between desert and grassland biomes.
Many plants and trees have leathery leaves, gnarled bark, and intimidating thorns. Often called “scrub”

25. Desert
Deserts take up 8.6 million square miles on Earth.

26. Desert Get less than 25 cm of rain each year
Has little or no vegetation
Driest places on earth
Often located on the dry side of mountain ranges

28. Rainforest

29. Rainforest
over half of the world's plant and animal species live here. All fit into only seven percent of the world's land.
Found in: Central Africa, Southeast Asia, Philippines, New Guinea, Central and South America.

30. Rainforest
Layers:
Top – Emergent layer – tallest trees above rest of forest
Next – canopy – top of normal trees
Lower canopy – epiphytes – plants that grow on tree trunks – not soil - because light is so far from ground.
Understory – lowest level, much darker