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Yellow stone National Park

Yellow stone National Park. By: Wendy, Mirae, Anthony, and Benny. Introduction Location: Wyoming Biome: Taiga. Yellowstone national park is the first national park in America. John Colter, an European American person was the first person to describe Yellowstone.

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Yellow stone National Park

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  1. YellowstoneNational Park By: Wendy, Mirae, Anthony, and Benny

  2. Introduction Location: Wyoming Biome: Taiga • Yellowstone national park is the first national park in America. • John Colter, an European American person was the first person to describe Yellowstone. • Yellowstone is best know for it’s beautiful sights.

  3. Biome • Biome: Taiga (Thai-ga) also known as the “Boreal forest” or the “Coniferous forest.” • Major Characteristics: Thin layer of soil, Evergreen trees, cold weather, dry, and short growing season. • Similar ecosystems: Russia, Siberia, Canada, Alaska, Finland, Norway, and Sweden.

  4. Biotic • Trees: Evergreen trees, Lodgepole pines, Quaking aspen trees fill the forests. • Plants: Arrowleaf Balsamroot and wheat grass are found in meadows and forests, and wild huckleberries found in mountains. • Birds: Dippers and Mallard ducks visits the ponds and streams for meals.

  5. Animals • The most abundant mammal: Elk. • Yellow-bellied marmots and chipmunks live in the meadows and forests. Bighorn sheep lives on mountain cliffs. • Bison and Pronghorn antelope live in the flat lands and in the northern section of the park, Bobcats and lynx are rarely seen.

  6. Abiotic • In Yellowstone National Park temperatures can reach up to 17.5 degrees Celsius or -4 degrees Celsius on average! It can get even colder! • On average yearly precipitation is 3.13 Cm. Precipitation happens mostly in winter because it snows a lot.

  7. Abiotic • Yellowstone national park has a range of elevation from 5,282 to 11,355 feet. • Yellowstone national park has a large area of 3,467 square miles long!

  8. Abiotic: Seasons • Yellowstone national park has four seasons. • They are winter, summer, spring, and autumn. • They have long winters but short summers, springs, and autumns.

  9. Abiotic: Daylight hours • In winter there is very little sunlight • In spring, and summer they have a lot of sunlight • If you look at the equinox dates, the amount of daylight are almost the same. (1 minute a part) • They experience all 4 seasons

  10. How do these factors affect this ecosystem? • Elevation affects the ecosystem by having less air pressure. • Seasons affect this ecosystem by having fur and heavy coating of skin because taigas have long winters because they are up north. • Animals have adapted to the cold weather. They have learned how to survive in the ecosystem.

  11. Food web

  12. Food Web Table

  13. Issues • Winter grazing lands caused wolves in Yellowstone is going down dangerously small. • As a result, the wolves are affecting the ecosystem such as elk, deer, and moose. • Elk population is declining but now they are restored. • Wolves are gone in Yellowstone.

  14. Debate • Ranchers don’t want the wolves because they are worried that they would find the cattle and sheep's easier than elk. • Wolves are important to the ecosystem, without them the ecosystem is not complete.

  15. Resources • Fossweb NYC Biomes Yellowstone • Timeanddate.com • Google.com

  16. Thanks for watching our presentation!

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