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1. Biomes
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2. Tropical Rain Forest
• Located in a belt around the
equator.
• They play a vital role in the
nitrogen, oxygen and carbon
cycles.
• Always humid and warm and
get 200-450 cm of rain a
year.

3. Alpine
• Cold, snowy, windy
• Found in mountain regions.
• Found in altitudes of 10,000 feet or higher.

4. Savannah
• A savanna is a rolling
grassland scattered with
shrubs and isolated trees.
• It can be found between a
tropical rainforest and desert
biome.
• There’s not enough rainfall to
support forests.

5. Desert
• They cover 1/5 of the
Earth’s surface.
• A hot and dry desert is
hot and dry.
• A cold desert has snow
in the winter instead of
the temperature dropping
a few degrees.

6. Chaparral
• The chaparral biome is
found in a little bit of
most of the continents.
• The chaparral biome has
many different types of
terrain.
• Chaparral is characterized
as being very hot and
dry.

7. Deciduous Forest
• The average annual
temperature in a deciduous
forest is 50° F.
• The average rainfall is 30
to 60 inches a year.
• The plants have adapted to
the forests by leaning
toward the sun.

8. Grasslands
• Grassland biomes are large,
rolling terrains of grasses,
flowers and herbs.
• Latitude, soil and local
climates for the most part
determine what kinds of
plants grow in a particular
grassland.
• A grassland is a region
where the average annual
precipitation is great enough
to support grasses, and in
some areas a few trees.

9. Taiga
• This is the biome of the
needle leaf forest.
• It is cold and lonely.
• The taiga doesn't have
many plants and animals.

10. Tundra
• The Arctic Tundra was
formed 10,000 years ago.
• The ground is permanently
frozen 10 inches to 3 feet
down.
• The bare rocky ground can
only support low growing
plants like mosses, heaths,
and lichen.