3. COLD DESERT
• Temperatures: very low
• Precipitations: few, snowy.
• Vegetations: it almost exists.
• Animals: they have a fat layer of fur that protects
them from cold.
4. TAIGA
• Temperatures: very low.
• Precipitations: few; in summer – rainy; in winter
– snowy
• Vegetation: fir tree, pine
• Animals: hare, wolf, reindeer
5. TEMPERATE FOREST
• Temperatures: low in winter and soft in summer.
• Precipitations: normal, rainy.
• Vegetation: trees with fallen leaves.
• Animals: migratory animals
6. HOT DESERT
• Temperatures: high temperatures during the day,
and low temperatures at night.
• Precipitations: very few.
• Vegetation: very few. Adapted to drought.
• Animals: Adapted to live without water (camel)
7. SAVANNAH
• Temperatures: elevated all the year.
• Precipitations: few precipitations, sometimes it
rains a lot.
• Vegetation: grass and some trees
• Animals: variety of animals.
8. JUNGLE
• Temperatures: high
• Precipitations: a lot during all the year.
• Vegetation: a lot, with tall trees
• Animals: variety of animals
10. QUESTIONS
• In which ecosystem is typical to snow a lot?
• In which ecosystem are there tall trees?
• In which ecosystem the temperatures are very
different from the day to the night?
• What’s the ecosystem of Spain?
• What are the two kinds of aquatic ecosystem?
11. ACTIVITIES
• Choose two ecosystems and complete the chart:
NAME OF THE ECOSYSTEM:
TEMPERATURE
S
PRECIPITATION
S
VEGETATION ANIMALS
