1. THE WORLD’S BIOMES 7 TH GRADE LIFE SCIENCE WOODSTOCK MIDDLE SCHOOL

2. LAND BIOMES BIOME- A LARGE AREA CHARACTERIZED BY ITS CLIMATE AND THE PLANTS AND ANIMALS THAT LIVE THERE ABIOTIC FACTORS- FEATURES OF AN ENVIRONMENT THAT ARE NOT ALIVE EX: SOIL, WATER, CLIMATE BIOTIC FACTORS- LIVING PARTS OF AN ENVIRONMENT EX: PLANTS, ANIMALS, BACTERIA

3. FOREST BIOMES THERE ARE THREE FOREST BIOMES: TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS FOREST CONIFEROUS FOREST TROPICAL RAIN FOREST

4. TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS FOREST DECIDUOUS FORESTS HAVE TREES THAT SHED THEIR LEAVES. THIS IS DUE TO THE TREES TRYING TO PREVENT WATER LOSS DURING THE DRY SEASON. RAINFALL: MODERATE RAINFALL TEMPERATURE: NOT TOO HOT/ COLD; SEASONS! PLANTS: MAPLES, OAKS, PINES, CYPRUS, DOGWOOD, ANIMALS: DEER, SQUIRRELS, FOXES, CARDINALS, TURKEYS BIOME IN WHICH WE LIVE.

5. CONIFEROUS FOREST CONIFEROUS FORESTS HAVE TREES THAT KEEP THEIR NEEDLE- SHAPED LEAVES YEAR- ROUND. CONIFER TREE LEAVES TWO TRAITS: WAXY COATING HELPS THE LEAVES FROM DRYING OUT HELPS KEEP MANY OF THEIR LEAVES YEAR ROUND PROTECTS THE NEEDLES FROM COLD TEMPERATURES SPIKING NEEDLE LIKE FEW LARGE PLANTS GROW BENEATH THE TREES THE THICK NEEDLES COVER AND PREVENT MUCH SUNLIGHT FROM GETTING THROUGH. SOMETIMES KNOWN AS TAIGA RAIN: SOME RAIN, SOME SNOW TEMPERATURE: WARM SUMMERS, COLD WINTERS PLANTS: EVERGREEN TREES ANIMALS: MOOSE, BEAVER, SNOW SHOE RABBIT

6. TROPICAL RAIN FOREST RAINFORESTS HAVE THE MOST BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY THAN ANY OTHER BIOME. MOST ANIMALS IN THIS BIOME LIVE IN THE CANOPY AND TREETOPS. MOST OF THE NUTRIENTS ARE FOUND IN PLANTS. LOTS OF RAINFALL IN A YEAR, WARM CLIMATE ANIMALS: ORANGUTANS, TOUCANS, COBRAS, TREE SQUIRRELS, INSECTS, BUTTERFLIES, SLOTHS PLANTS: FIGS, FERNS, KAPOK TREE, FLOWERING PLANTS

7. GRASSLANDS IMPORTANT TERMS: STEPPE- FLAT GRASSLAND FOUND IN EUROPE OR SIBERIA PRAIRIE- GRASSLANDS IN NORTH AMERICA PAMPA- GRASSLANDS IN ARGENTINA, BRAZIL, URUGUAY TEMPERATE GRASSLANDS DO NOT HAVE TREES BECAUSE OF RAINFALL: MODERATE TO LOW PLANTS: FARM LAND, MOSTLY SEEDS AND GRASSES, RED BUD TREE, CONEFLOWER ANIMALS: CATTLE, BISON, ZEBRA, ELEPHANT, GIRAFFE GRAZING ANIMALS

8. DESERTS TEMPERATURE: EXTREMES; HOT DURING THE DAY, CAN GET VERY COLD AT NIGHT RAINFALL: VERY LITTLE TO NO RAINFALL PLANTS: CACTUS, PRICKLY PEAR VERY LITTLE PLANTS, ONES THAT DO LIVE HAVE ADAPTATIONS BECAUSE OF LACK OF WATER FAR APART SHALLOW WIDE SPREAD ROOTS STORE WATER WAXY COATING ANIMALS: LIZARDS, JACKRABBIT, SNAKES, DINGO SURVIVE WITH LITTLE WATER SEEK SHELTER DURING THE DAY

9. TUNDRA TEMPERATURE: VERY COLD RAINFALL: MOSTLY SNOW PERMAFROST- FROZEN SOIL ON GROUND WATER IS UNAVAILABLE BECAUSE IT IS FROZEN PLANTS: DARK RED LEAVES, COTTON GRASS, CUSHION PLANTS SMALL AND GROW CLOSE TO THE GROUND SHALLOW ROOTS TO HOLD IN PLACE LICHENS GROW CLOSE TO THE GROUND ANIMALS: ARCTIC WOLF, POLAR BEAR, PENGUINS, SNOW OWL, CARIBOU

10. MARINE ECOSYSTEMS MARINE= OCEAN (SALT WATER) COVERS 75% OF EARTH UP TO 7 MILES DEEP TEMPERATURE: DECREASES AS WATER GETS DEEPER SURFACE ZONE HAS THE WARMEST WATER

11. ZONES INTERTIDAL ZONE: OCEAN MEETS LAND, EXPOSED TO AIR PART OF THE DAY (TIDES) ANIMALS: CRABS, JELLYFISH, PLOVER NERITIC ZONE: WARM WATER, LOTS OF SUNLIGHT, OCEAN FLOOR STARTS TO SLOPE SOMETIMES KNOWN AS COASTAL WATERS LOTS OF LIFE: SALMON, SEA BASS, SHARKS, DOLPHINS OCEANIC ZONE: SEA FLOOR DROPS, DEEP WATER OF OPEN OCEAN DEEP SEA VOLCANOS, OCEAN BASINS LARGE MAMMALS: WHALES, SHARKS, DOLPHINS BENTHIC ZONE: OCEAN FLOOR, DEEP PARTS GET NO SUNLIGHT ANIMALS: MOSTLY SCAVENGERS FOOD FLOATS DOWN TO THE BOTTOM ADAPTED TO HIGH PRESSURE

12. INTERTIDAL AREAS MUDFLATS SANDY BEACHES ROCKY SHORES

13. CORAL REEFS FOUND IN TROPICAL OCEANS 1% OF OCEAN FLOOR, BUT 25% OF ANIMALS IN OCEAN ANIMALS: CORAL, SPONGES, SEA-STARS, SEA URCHINS, CLOWN FISH, RAYS, SKATES

14. ANIMALS: LARGE DIVERSITY BLUE WHALES: LARGEST ANIMALS SALMON DOLPHINS TURTLES SHARKS CORAL CRUSTACEANS: SHRIMP BIVALVES: CLAMS ECHINODERMS: STARFISH SPONGES

15. PLANKTON TINY ORGANISMS THAT FLOAT NEAR THE SURFACE OF FRESHWATER AND MARINE ENVIRONMENTS MAKE THEIR OWN FOOD NOT NECESSARILY ANIMALS (ANIMALS, PROTIST, ALGEA, ARCHAE, BACTERIA)

16. ESTUARY WHERE FRESH WATER FROM RIVERS MIXES WITH OCEAN SALT WATER BRACKISH WATER LIFE ADAPTED TO LIVE IN THESE CONDITIONS TYPICALLY PROTECTED FROM ROUGH OCEAN CHANGES TIDES, WAVES, STORMS PLANTS: SALT GRASS, PICKLE WEED ADAPTED TO STAND THE SALTY WATER ANIMALS: MIGRATORY BIRDS, FIDDLER CRABS,

17. FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS LAKES, PONDS, RIVERS AND STREAMS PLANTS: CAT TAILS, REEDS, WATER LILY ADAPTATION TO KEEP THEM FROM BEING CARRIED AWAY BY THE WATER ANIMALS: TURTLES, TROUT, FISH, INSCETS

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