Download ECOSYSTEMS AND BIOMES

ECOSYSTEMS
AND
BIOMES
LAND BIOMES
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TUNDRA
TEMPERATE FOREST
DECIDUOUS FOREST
GRASSLANDS/SAVANNA’S
DESERT
TROPICAL RAINFOREST
AQUATIC BIOMES
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MARINE- OCEAN WATERS
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FRESHWATER- LAKES, RIVERS,
STREAMS
TUNDRA CHARACTERISTICS
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COLD BARREN LAND WITH PERMAFROST (FROZEN
SOIL)
LITTLE PRECIPTATION
LICHENS/MOSSES
FEW TREES IF ANY
ANIMALS MUST WITHSTAND LONG COLD PERIODS
OF SEVERE TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING
SNOW OR ICE COVERED
POLAR BEARS, SEALS, PENGUINS,WALRUSES
TEMPERATE RAIN FOREST
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COLD WET SEASON-LARGE AMOUNTS
OF SNOW OR RAIN
LARGE EVERGREEN TREES
WARM SHORT SUMMERS
MOOSE, BEARS,WOLVERINES
FOUND ONLY IN THE NORTH WEST OF
THE UNITED STATES
DECIDUOUS FOREST
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VARIETY OF TREES THAT SHED THEIR
LEAVES IN WINTER: OAK,MAPLE,PINE
HAVE SEASONAL TEMPERATURES
DEER, BEARS, MOUNTAIN
LIONS,SQUIRRELS, RACOONS
THIS IS THE TYPE OF FOREST THAT IS
IN NORTH CAROLINA
GRASSLAND-PRAIRIES
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FOUND ONLY IN THE US
VAST OPEN LAND WITH TALL/SHORT
GRASSES (FEW TREES)
HOT SUMMERS,COLD WINTERS
GRASSES HAVE DEEP ROOTS TO
SURVIVE THE MANY FIRES
BISON, COYOTE,PRAIRIE DOGS
DRY/WET PERIODS OF WEATHER
DESERTS
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HOT, DRY CLIMATE
CREASOTE TREES, SAQUARO CACTUS ,
TUMBLEWEED
SNAKES,TORTOISES, DESERT
FOX,FINNEC FOX,CAMELS,CARACARA
ANIMALS HERE MUST ADAPT TO THE
EXTREME HEAT AND ARID CLIMATE
TROPICAL RAIN FOREST
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7% OF THE LAND IS FOUND HERE
50% OF ALL ANIMAL SPECIES ARE FOUND
HERE
200-400 INCHES OF RAIN PER YEAR
LOCATED IN THE EQUATORIAL REGIONS OF
THE WORLD
MOST DIVERSE PLACE ON EARTH
PROVIDES US WITH WATER VAPOR AND
OXYGEN TO OUR ENVIRONMENT
MARINE BIOME
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Marine region cover about three-fourth of the
Earth’s surface.
It includes oceans, coral reefs and
estuaries(where salt water and fresh water meet)
It is the largest biome.
The evaporation of the seawater provide
precipitation for the land.
FRESHWATER BIOME
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A freshwater biome is a body of water that
contains little salt(less than 1%)
99% of all freshwater is either in the form of ice
or located in aquifers.
Freshwater biomes are subdivided into three
groups: lakes and ponds, stream and rivers and
wetland.
Freshwater biomes are very importan to our
survival because they supply people with more
than half of their drinking water.