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What is a Biome?
One of Earth’s large ecosystems with
its own
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Climate
Soil
Plants
Animals
Name them!
Tropical Rain Forest
Desert
Tundra
Grassland
Taiga
Deciduous Forest
What is the Taiga like?
 Mostly conifer forests
 11% of Earth’s land
 Located in upper latitudes of Northern
Hemisphere – in Alaska, Canada, Norway,
and Russia
 Major source of lumber
 Warmer than Tundra
What is the Deciduous Forest like?
 Forest
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biome with many trees that lose
their leaves in the fall
Deciduous means falling off or out at a
season
Found in eastern half of North America,
and middle of Europe
So, how does an animal or plant
survive in its biome?
By adapting!
Depending on what sort of habitat it lives in, an
animal or plant may have to adjust itself to its
environment.
Adaptations for animal to live in the
deciduous forest
 Hibernation
 Migration
 Being warm-blooded (has to maintain body at
constant temperature
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Have very thick fur
Stores body fat under skin
Animal become rounder and bulkier
Legs, ears and tails are shorter
Camouflage