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Biomes

Biomes. A biome is one of Earth’s large ecosystems, with its own kind of climate, soil, plants, and animals. Six major biomes. Taiga Deciduous forest Tropical rain forest Desert Tundra Grassland. Taiga. A cool forest biome of conifers in the upper Northern Hemisphere.

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Biomes

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  1. Biomes

  2. A biome is one of Earth’s large ecosystems, with its own kind of climate, soil, plants, and animals.

  3. Six major biomes • Taiga • Deciduous forest • Tropical rain forest • Desert • Tundra • Grassland

  4. Taiga • A cool forest biome of conifers in the upper Northern Hemisphere

  5. Animals of the Taiga • Rodents, snowshoe hares, lynx, sables, ermine, caribou, bears, wolves, birds in summer

  6. Deciduous Forest • A forest biome with many kinds of trees that lose their leaves each autumn

  7. Animals of the Deciduous Forest • Wolves, deer, bears, and a wide variety of small mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, and insects

  8. Tropical Rain Forest • A hot, humid biome near the equator, with much rainfall and a wide variety of life equator

  9. Animals of the Tropical Rain Forest • More species of insects, reptiles, and amphibians than any place else; monkeys, other small and large mammals, including in some places elephants, all sorts of colorful birds

  10. Desert • A sandy or rocky biome, with little precipitation and little plant life

  11. Animals of the Desert • Rodents, snakes, lizards, tortoises, insects, and some birds. The Sahara Desert in Africa is home to camels, gazelles, antelopes, small foxes, snakes, lizards, and gerbils

  12. Tundra • A cold biome of the far north; the ground is frozen even in summer

  13. Animals of the Tundra • Musk oxen, migrating caribou, arctic foxes, weasels, snowshoe hares, owls, hawks, various rodents, occasional polar bear.

  14. Grassland • A biome where grasses, not trees, are the main plant life. Prairies are one kind of grassland region.

  15. Grassland animals • American Grasslands: Prairie dogs, foxes, small mammals, snakes, insects, various birds

  16. Grassland animals • African Grasslands: Elephants, lions, zebras, giraffes

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