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taiga. Holly E mel. Globally important . Apart from the fact that a taiga biome is home to several plants and animals, it also provides freshwater to a large population of the world. The glaciers in a taiga biome melt during summer and this becomes the freshwater . Table of contents.
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taiga Holly Emel
Globally important • Apart from the fact that a taiga biome is home to several plants and animals, it also provides freshwater to a large population of the world. • The glaciers in a taiga biome melt during summer and this becomes the freshwater.
Table of contents • Information on taiga • A map of taiga • Information on plats animals and physical landscape also human influences • Why taiga is globally important • Glossary terms
Glossary terms • Animal life- any member of the kingdom Animalia, comprising multicellular organisms that have a well-defined shape • Plant life- a living organism lacking the power of locomotion. flora, plant · organism, being - a living thing • Taiga- the sometimes swampy coniferous forest of high northern latitudes, esp. that between the tundra and steppes of Siberia and North America. • Habitat-the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism. • Wheather- Weather is the state of the atmosphere, to the degree that it is hot or cold, wet or dry, calm or stormy, clear or cloudy. Most weather phenomena occur in the troposphere.
Animal life • animal life can be an exciting adventure the chance to explore nature and observe wildlife and animal life around them is an excellent start. • Being aware of the birds, insects, mammals and other life is a awsome way to explore nature
Plant life • Plant life can be an exciting adventure the chance to explore different plants and see things around them is an excellent start. Acknowlege that you may see birds and other wildlife near plants and get ready to explore nature
Physical landscape /habitat • The arctic tundra biome is found at high latitudes together with the tundra climate. The biome looks a lot like a plain without trees. • In the tundra region Short grasses, flowers, and grass-like sedges, along with covers of mosses and lichens are the dominate forms of vegetation in the tundra.
Human influences • There are industries in the taiga that pose threats to many animals in it. Logging happens across much of the taiga • The Taiga is being destroyed everyday by both humans and nature. Nature causes forest fires with lighting, diseased by parasites or herbicides, and spruce ...
Weather • The tundra, goes through times of year when the sun doesn't rise. • Temperatures don't rise above 10o C even during the summer time. • The conditions in the artic tundra are characterized as very cold and dry the Tunrda coldest biome in the world
warnings • Acid Rain. Caused by pollution. Soil depletion. When crops and tress are cleared out of forests the soil gets washed away, damaged, and then takes about five. • Warnings Endangered Animals The Gray Wolf The Lemming The Lynx European Red Squirrel The Wolverene Natural Disasters