1. BIOMES BASICS
BIOME LOCATION CLIMATE GENERAL PLANT ANIMAL
DESCRIPTION ADAPTATIONS ADAPTATIONS
TUNDRA the tundra is < 25 cm frost-molded Moss, grass, Caribou, musk
landscapes,
located rainfall extremely low
lichen… oxen, arctic fox,
around the yearly temperatures, arctic ground
north pole in little Small squirrel, lemmings,
the arctic precipitation,
Permafrost Slow growing insects, birds,
circle in a poor nutrients,
continuous and short Lichen - Survive
belt -20  -5 C growing seasons without roots Thick white fur,
extending temp short legs, large
from Canada feet, short tails,
, Alaska, migrate or
Asia, and hibernate
Europe
BOREAL largest The average The winters in The taiga is the lynx , wolverines,
FOREST / biome in the temperature the taiga are biome of the bobcat, minks and
TIAGA world. It is below very cold with needleleaf forest. ermine. snowshoe
stretches freezing for only snowfall. Coniferous Trees rabbits, red
over Eurasia six months The summers squirrels and
and North out of the are warm, Needles instead voles.,Red deer,
America. year. rainy, and of leaves with elk, and moose
The taiga is Winter humid. waxy coating &
located near range is -54 dark green Many Migrate
the top of to -1° C
the world, Summer Evergreen
just below range is -7°
the tundra C to 21° C Cones for
biome. Reproduction
35-75 cm
rainfall Shed snow easily

2. yearly
TEMPERATE South of the 75-220 cm The deciduous Amphibians,
DECIDUOUS Boreal rain annuallyforest has four Birch, maple, oak, reptiles, birds, small
FOREST Forest distinct poplar mammals, deer,
including SE Cold winters seasons, Lean towards sun,
volves
Canada, E. (-20 – 0)and spring,
hibernating in the
US, Europe warm summer, Broad leaves winter
and Asia summers autumn, and
(10 – 30C) winter. In the shed leaves in use trees and plants
autumn the winter for food and a water
leaves change sources.
color. During
the winter camouflaged to
months the look like the
ground.
trees lose
their leaves.
GRASSLAND Grassland 25 – 75 cm most have been No Trees largest number of
biomes can rainfall converted into Buffalo Grass, herbivores of all
be found in yearly farmlands Sunflower, Crazy the biomes
the middle largest Weed, Asters, Coyotes, Eagles,
latitudes, in number of Grassland Blazing Stars, Bobcats, Wolf,
the interiors herbivores biomes are Coneflowers, Wild Turkey, Fly
of of all the large, rolling Goldenrods, Catcher, Canadian
continents. biomes terrains of Clover, and Wild Geese, Crickets,
grasses, flowers Indigos. Dung Beetle,
and herbs. Bison, and Prairie
Chicken.
Burrow to hide
from predators

3. SAVANNAH found There are Not enough rain No Trees or very lions, zebras,
between a actually two falls on a sparse elephants, and
tropical very savanna to giraffes and many
rainforest different support forests. highly types of
and desert seasons in a Savannas are specialized for ungulates(animals
biome. They savanna; a also known as long periods of with hooves)
are found in very long tropical drought. graze and hunt
a wide band dry season grasslands.
on either and a very long tap roots Grazers and herds
side of the wet season thick bark to that can move
equator on resist annual over large areas
the edges of 25 – 75 cm fires, trunks that
tropical rainfall can store water, Carnivors who eat
rainforests. yearly the herbivores
discourage
Above 21 C animals from
grazing on them;
too sharp or
bitter
grasses grow
from the bottom
up, so that the
growth tissue
doesn't get
damaged by
grazers.
POLAR ICE At the poles < 25 cm Covered in snow Lichen and the penguin, seal, polar
of the earth rainfall and ice rare moss bears, arctic fox,
annually wolf
Arctic and
Antarctic Very very rely on the aquatic
cold biome for
nutrients including
phytoplankton as
the producers

4. DESERT The latitude Less that Harsh extreme Lots of cacti, Small rodents,
range is 15- 25 cm annual environments shrubs, some reptiles, snakes,
28° north rainfall grasses birds
and south of
the equator.
Their global Climate can Deep roots Burrow
range covers be hot or Spines, Noctournal
about 1/5 of cold Can expand to Can store water
the earth, hold lots of water Do not urinate
including Resist water loss
the world's Slow growing
great
deserts:
Sahara,
Sonora,
Thar,
Kalahari
and the
Great
Australian.
TROPICAL Located 250  450 Largest Huge biodiversity Lots of
RAINFOREST close to the cm annual biodiversity of with all layers of adaptations due to
equator rainfall plants and the canopy to competition for
animals in all ground occupied resources and
>20 C biomes pred/prey
relationship s as
well as for
reproduction

5. TEMPERATE where we Amoung the
RAINFOREST live!!! most rare of all
the Biomes