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Biomes

Biomes. Notes. Desert. The driest biome that supports little plant life Soil is thin, sandy, or gravelly The temperature varies from hot to cold The precipitation is less than 25cm per year Plants include cacti and yucca trees.

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Biomes

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  1. Biomes Notes

  2. Desert • The driest biome that supports little plant life • Soil is thin, sandy, or gravelly • The temperature varies from hot to cold • The precipitation is less than 25cm per year • Plants include cacti and yucca trees. • Animals include jackrabbits, kangaroo rats, Gila monsters, snakes, owls, hawks, and scorpions. • Located in N. America, S. America, Africa, Asia, and Australia

  3. Tundra • Cold dry treeless region • Permanently frozen soil called permafrost • Average temperature of –12C • Average Precipitation is less than 25 cm per year • Plants include mosses, grasses, small shrubs, and lichens. • Animals include insects, ducks, geese, birds, mice, arctic hares, reindeer, caribou, polar bears, and foxes. • Located in the Arctic Circle and portions of Antarctica.

  4. Grassland • Made up of prairies or plains & dominated by grasses. • Temperature ranges from temperate to tropical. • Precipitation averages 25 cm to 75 cm per year • Plants include grasses, wheat, and corn. • Animals include gophers, rabbits, giraffes, gazelles, buffalo, antelope, and birds. • Located in Africa, Australia, Asia, N. America, and S. America.

  5. Taiga • The largest biome • Cold forest of mostly evergreen trees • Soil thaws in the short summer • Varied temperatures with long cold winter and short warm summer • Precipitation is mostly snow, 35-100 cm per year. • Plants include lichens, mosses, and evergreen trees. • Animals include birds, moose, weasels, wolves, deer, caribou, mink, porcupines, and bears. • Located in N. America, Europe & Asia

  6. Temperate Deciduous Forest • This region has four distinct seasons • Temperatures range from below freezing in winter to over 30C in summer • Precipitation averages 75 cm to 150 cm per year • Plants include trees (that lose leaves seasonally) such as, maples, oaks, and hickories. • Animals include worms, insects, salamanders, snakes, squirrels, raccoons, rabbits, bears and deer. • Located in N. America, Asia, Europe, S. America, Australia, and Africa.

  7. Tropical Rain Forest • The most biological diverse biome • Contains four zones – forest floor, understory, canopy, and emergent zone • Average temperature is 25C (77oF) • Precipitation averages 200 cm to 600 cm per year (80 – 230 inches) • Plants are most diverse in world including wild figs and mahogany trees. • Animals are most diverse in world such as insects, snakes, bats, squirrels, monkeys, and tree frogs. • Located in S. America, Central America, Asia, Australia, and Africa.

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