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How do you think climate effects How do you think climate effects what vegetation and animals are what vegetation and animals are in a region or area?in a region or area?
Biome Terms
• Ecosystem- an interdependent community of plants & animals.
• Biome- an ecosystem of a specific region.
• The four types of biomes are : forest, grassland, desert, tundra.
• A forest biome is determined by the types of trees in the area.
The World’s Major Biomes
Biome Terms
With each of the biomes, set up a station for a group to work in.
They will combine the information from the slides to draw a “snapshot” of the biome.
Each drawing should include characteristics of :• Vegetation• Climate• Animals• Level of Precipitation• Locations
What does Grassland look like?
• Grasses: prairie clover, oats, wheat, & barley.
• Few trees
Weather and Climate
• Windy, semi-dry biome, but has a rainy season
• What is the temperature range?– (line represents the
temperature on the right side)
– (bar graph represents inches of rainfall on the left)
Where are grasslands found?
• On every continent except the South Pole.• One-Fourth of the earth is grassland.• Great Plains of North America.
Grassland Animals
•Zebra •Lions•Elephants•Wildebeest•Prairie Dogs•Bison
What does Deserts look like?
• Sandy often salty soil• Few trees, but may sand dunes• Various cactus plants
Joshua Tree
Where are the Deserts?
• Most are in Africa.• Others are in the
U.S. S. America Australia, and Asia.
• The largest Desert in the world is the Sahara in Africa.
Sahara Desert
Weather and Climate• Dry, it barely rains
• Sunny, the sand is hot
• Hot temp., up to 131 degrees
• Cold at Night– Because of the very little amount of
moisture in the air. Water holds on to heat
– Daytime can be over 100°F and then drop to 40°F at night in the dry summers
– Winters can be below freezing
Desert Animals
What does a Tundra Biome Look Like?
• Tundra “Treeless plain”• Almost no trees due to short growing season.• Sedges, shrubs and grass• Permafrost - ground frozen year round
Weather and Climate • Permafrost soil - occurs in
the coldest tundras. Soil is frozen for over two years or more
• Too cold for many animals or plants to survive.
• Very short summer season.• What is the temperature range
Freezing point
Where are Tundra biomes located?
• Artic, North America, Europe, Siberia• Found in the most Northern climates
Animals of the Tundra
Polar Bear OxenPolar Bears
Wolves
Caribou
What does Coniferous Forest look like?
• Coniferous means “cone bearing”• Evergreen-trees that produce cones and pine needles.
– The cones protect the trees seeds from the cold– Needles retain moisture better than common leaves
• Pine needles remain on trees all year long.
Coniferous Forests Weather and Climate
– Notice the units are in millimeters and Celsius on this graph• Cold, long, snowy winters• What is the range in temperature? (about -20°F to 60°F)• Humid summers • Less precipitation than most forests (At most, 1.5 inches of precipitation a month)
Where are Coniferous Forests?
• What two lines of latitude do all the coniferous forests occur?
Coniferous Animals
•Reindeers•Bobcats•Bears•Squirrel
What do Deciduous Forest look like?
• Broad leaf trees like Maple, oak, & mosses.• Leaves tends change color and then fall off
when the weather turns cold.
Deciduous Forest Weather and Climate
• Warm summers and cool winters (about 25°F-68°F)• Trees lose there leaves when it turns cold• Some deciduous forests have winter snow fall.• Rainfall tends to be heavy. (About 2.75 inches a month)
Where are Deciduous Forest?
Deciduous Animals
White Tail Deer
Grizzly Bear
WolfBald Eagle
Platypus
What does a Rain Forest look like?
• Has many layers of trees, each trying to gain as much sunlight as possible
• vines, palms, orchids, and ferns.• Contain a lot of moisture and water
Weather and Climate
• Plants in a rain forest can grow all year.– Remains warm and frost free year round.– What is the range in temperature?– It gets lots of rain all year.
Where are Rain forest?
• Between the ______ of Cancer and _____ of Capricorn.
• Northern South America, Central America, Central Africa, and Indonesia.
Rain Forest Animals
• Many types of birds, monkeys, cat like mammals, insects, lizards and snakes.