This document summarizes different biomes and provides details about their climates, plants, and animals. It discusses 7 major land biomes: tundra, taiga, temperate forest, chaparral, tropical rainforest, desert, and grasslands. For each biome, it lists characteristic climate factors, dominant plant life, and common animal species found there. The document uses diagrams and bullet points to concisely convey defining features of different ecosystems around the world.

1. BIOMES
Similar ecosystems

2. ECOSYSTEM
• All communities and abiotic factors in
one area.
BIOME
A large group of similar ecosystems.
(similar biotic and abiotic factors)
Areas of similar climate, similar ecosystems, similar
organisms.

3. Land Biomes
• Tundra.
• Taiga.
• Temperate forest.
• Chaparral.
• Tropical rain forest.
• Desert.
• Grassland.

4. Land Biome Distribution
Tundra.
Taiga.
Temperate forest.
Chaparral.
Tropical rain forest.
Desert.
Grasslands.

5. Tundra
.

6. TUNDRA

7. TUNDRA
- Cold. -Treeless. -Soil is frozen, poor.
-Thawing of soil. - Short, cool summers.
-Little precipitation. -Ponds. - - 20 to 10C.
Weasels, insects, caribou, migrating birds, shrubs,
lichens.

8. Taig
a

9. TAIGA

10. TAIGA
- Cold winters. -Coniferous trees. -Soil is acidic, poor.
-”Closed forests”. - Mild summers.
-Snowy precipitations. -No shrubs. - - 15 to 15C.
Woodpeckers, hawks, moose, bear, weasel, lynx, fox, wolf, deer, hares, chipmunks,
shrews, and bats, pine needles and cones.

11. Temperate
forest.

12. Temperate forest

13. Temperate forest
- Mildy Cold winters. - Warm summers. -Tall deciduous
trees. -Soil is rich, humus. -Light canopy.
-Frequent precipitations. -Shrubs. - 5 to 20C.
Flora: oak, hickory, beech, hemlock, maple, basswood, cottonwood, elm, willow, and spring-
flowering herbs.
Fauna: squirrels, rabbits, skunks, birds, deer, mountain lion, bobcat, timber wolf, fox, and
black bear.

14. Tropical
Rainforest.

15. Tropical Rainforest

16. Tropical Rainforest

17. Tropical Rainforest
Flora: one square kilometer may contain as many as 100 different tree species.
Trees are 25-35 m tall, with buttressed trunks and shallow roots, mostly
evergreen, with large dark green leaves. Plants such as orchids, bromeliads,
vines (lianas), ferns, mosses, and palms are present in tropical forests.
Fauna: numerous birds, bats, small mammals, and insects, such as ants,
centipedes, peccaries, frogs, monkeys, eagles.
- Rainy all year. - Warm and humid. -Diverse plant life.
-Lush animal life. - Soil is poor, no humus, quick
reconversion.
-Dense but high canopy. - 25 to 35C.

18. Desert.

19. Desert

20. Desert

21. Desert
Flora:deciduous, most having spiny leaves, salt bush, buckwheat bush, black bush, rice
grass, little leaf horsebrush, black sage, and chrysothamnus, white thorn, cat claw,
mesquite, brittle bushes (Encelia farinosa), lyciums, and jujube, cacti, yuca.
Fauna: jack rabbits, kangaroo rats, kangaroo mice, pocket mice, grasshopper mice,
and antelope ground squirrels, great horned owl, golden eagle and the bald
eagle,coyote and badger,lizards and snakes, grasshoppers and ants.
- Too little precipitation. - Dry-hot, some are cold.
-Scarce plant life.
-Nocturnal animal life. - Soils are rich, but dry.
-Dense but high canopy.
- Temperature depends on type of desert.

22. Desert
Hot and Dry Deserts temperature ranges
from 20 to 25° C.
The extreme maximum temperature for Hot
Desert ranges from 43.5 to 49° C.
Cold Deserts temperature in winter ranges
from -2 to 4° C and in the summer 21 to 26°
C a year

23. Chaparral.

24. Chaparral

25. Chaparral
Flora: poison oak, scrub oak, Yucca
Wiple and other shrubs, trees and cacti.
Fauna: coyotes, jack rabbits, mule deer,
alligator lizards, horned toads, praying
mantis, honey bee and ladybugs.
- Rainy winters. - Warm overall. -Shrubbery.
-Droughts. -Hot, dry.
-Either flat, rocky or mountainous. - 10 to 40C.

26. Grasslands.

27. Grassland (Prairies)

28. Grassland (Prairies)
Temperate grasslands
Tropical savannah

29. Grassland
Flora:Buffalo Grass, Sunflower, Crazy Weed, Asters, Blazing Stars,
Coneflowers, Goldenrods, Clover, and Wild Indigos..
Fauna: Coyotes, Eagles, Bobcats, the Gray Wolf, Wild Turkey, Fly Catcher,
Canadian Geese, Crickets, Dung Beetle, Bison, and Prairie Chicken.
- Two classes. - Soils are very rich.
- Dry seasons and fires. -Grasses, small plants.
-Grazing animal life. -Generally warm.
- Alternating dry and wet seasons.
- 15C to 27C -Most agriculturally important.