4. Tropical Rain forest
• Location: Found near
equator
• Description: a forest of
tall trees in a region of
year-round warmth
• Plants: Epiphytes
• Animals: Most animals
can be seen here
5. Savanna
• Location : Found in the
tropic, near equator
• Description: Rainy and
dry season, 25-150 in/yr.
precipitation. Fire plays a
large role in this
ecosystem
• Plants: have thorns and
sharp leaves.
• Animals: Contain the
greatest number of
grazing animals on Earth.
Lioness Elephant
6. Desert
• Location: North & South
America, Africa, Middle
East, Australia, and Asia
• Description: Extremely hot
and dry (less than 10
inches of rain a year).
Some deserts can be cold
at night (40s or 50s)
• Plants: Cacti, small bushes,
and short grasses
• Animals: Some animals
never drink water. Many
animals are nocturnal
Desert Snake
Camel
7. Temperate Grasslands
• Location: every
continent except
Antarctica
• Description:
Grasslands are big
open spaces. There are
not many bushes in the
grassland.
• Plants: Grasses
• Animals: Many large
herds of grazing
animals such as zebras
or bison.Bison Zebra
8. Temperate Deciduous forest
• Location: mainly
found in the latitudes
• Description: forests is
rich in soil; they have
trees that lose their
leaves.
• Plants: Deciduous
• Animals: bald eagle,
deer, beaver, fox
Deer Bald eagle
9. Temperate Evergreen forest
• Description: is
a forest consisting
entirely or mainly
of evergreen trees
that retain green
foliage all year
round.
• Plants: Evergreens
• Animals: Bears,
squirrel, owl etc.
Bears
Squirrel
10. Taiga
BeaverMoose
• Location: Canada,
Europe, Asia, and the
United States
• Description: Also
known as “Coniferous
forests.” Have cold,
long, snowy winters,
and warm, humid
summers
• Plants: Coniferous trees
• Animals: Moose,
beavers etc.
11. Tundra
Arctic foxPolar bear
• Location: Regions south
of the ice caps in the
Arctic. North America,
Europe, and Siberia.
• Description: Coldest
biome and also covers
1/5 of the Earth’s
surface.
• Plants: lichens, mosses,
grasses, shrubs.
Almost no trees.
• Animals: Polar bear,
arctic fox. Some have
grown thick fur which
turns white in the
winter.
12. Six Additional Biomes
POLAR ICE
CHAPARRAL
MOUNTAIN
ZONE
TROPICAL
MONSOON
FOREST
WARM
MOIST
EVERGREEN
FOREST
SEMI-
DESERT
13. Polar Ice
• Location: North
and South Pole
• Description: being
high and low-
altitude areas
• Animals: polar
bear, walruses,
penguins
Polar Bear Walrus
14. Mountain Zone
• Location: All around
the world
• Description: Like
winter. Cold, snowy,
windy
• Plants: small
perennial
groundcover plants
• Animals: Warm
blooded animals,
some insects
15. Chaparral
• Location: Primarily in
coastal areas with
Mediterranean
climates.
• Description: hot, dry
summers, mild, wet
winters. Slight
variations in
seasonal
temperatures
• Plants: shrubs and
small trees.
• Animals: Rabbit, wolf
16. Warm Moist Evergreen Forest
• Description:
contains evergreen
trees that retain
green foliage all
year round.
• Plants: Evergreen
• Animals: wild cats,
most birds
17. Tropical Monsoon Forest
• Description: frost-free
with temperatures
high enough to
support year-round
plant growth given
sufficient moisture.
• Plants: growth is
seasonal. Trees shed
their leaves in the dry
season to overcome
the long drought.
• Animals: Bengal TigerBengal Tiger
18. Semi-desert
• Description: Semi-
desert and arid
grasslands receive
between 4 and 12
inches of rain per
year
• Plants: Acacia
• Animals: Prairie dogs,
squirrels
Armadillo Hyena
20. Musk ox enjoy munching on grass, leaves, moss, and lichen.
They have dense fur that protects them from cold and rain.
A musk ox can be found in Northern Canada and
Greenland. In which biome do they live?
22. The Hawk Owl feeds on mice, lemmings, squirrels, and other small
mammals that may be hiding amongst pine needles, moss, and
lichen. They build their nest in the hollow top of a coniferous tree
stump or in an abandoned nest or woodpecker hole. The Hawk Owl
can be found in Canada, extreme Northern USA, Northern Asia,
and Scandinavia. In which Biome does a Hawk Owl live?
24. The Slow Loris spends its day curled up in a tight ball in the forest
canopy. At night, the Slow Loris makes its way down to the ground
feeding on insects, eggs, small exotic birds, and tropical fruit. The
Slow Loris can be found in the hot and humid regions of South and
Southeast Asia, Eastern India, Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo,
and the Philippines. In which Biome does the Slow Loris call home?
