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LARGE AREAS IDENTIFIED BY THE
PRESENCE OF CHARACTERISTIC
PLANTS AND ANIMALS
EXAMPLE: DECIDUOUS FOREST
MAIN TYPES ARE LAND AND AQUATIC
BIOMES
TUNDRA
• NORTHERN NORTH AMERICA, ASIA, EUROPE
• NORTHERNMOST LAND BIOME
• ALMOST TREELESS, TREES ARE SMALL AND
STUNTED
• MOSS-COVERED, LICHENS, FEW STUNTED TREES
• ANIMALS IN SUMMER: CARIBOU, REINDEER,
WOLVES, INSECTS
• GROUND PERMANENTLY FROZEN (PERMAFROST)
– KEEPS PLANTS STUNTED
• THAWS TO A FEW INCHES IN SUMMER
TUNDRA
TAIGA
• SOUTH OF TUNDRA
• NORTH AMERICA, ASIA, NORWAY, SWEDEN, HIGH
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ELEVATIONS IN U.S.
COLD WINTERS
MILD SUMMERS
GROUND THAWS IN SUMMER (MAY BE SHORT)
LARGER TREES THAN TUNDRA, MOSTLY CONIFERS
RIVERS, PONDS, BOGS
SMALL MAMMALS HIBERNATE, MIGRATE
ANIMALS: BEAR, MOOSE, ELK, WOLVES, GROUSE
ETC.
TAIGA IN SUMMER
EAST COAST OF U.S., S. COAST OF CANADA, MOST
OF EUROPE, PARTS OF JAPAN, CHINA AND
AUSTRALIA
CHANGING SEASONS
TREES LOSE LEAVES IN FALL (DECIDUOUS TREES)
-ADEQUATE YEAR-ROUND RAINFALL
-STRIKING SEASONAL CHANGES
-ANIMALS: RACOONS, SKUNK, SQUIRRELS, DEER,
MOOSE, CHIPMONKS, OPOSSUMS
-LARGE VARIETY OF BIRDS
-FERTILE SOIL (HUMUS)
-MAKES GOOD FARMLAND
-LARGE AREAS ONCE CLEARED FOR FARMS
TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS
FOREST
-DOMINANTED BY CONE BEARING
-TREES: PINES, SPRUCE, CEDARS ETC.
-SOUTH OF TAIGA IN WESTERN
HEMISPHERE
-COLD WINTERS, MILD SUMMERS
-PLANTS ADAPTED TO COLD WINTERS,
SHORT SUMMERS
-TREES WITH WAXY NEEDLES, REDUCE
WATER LOSS
 MAMMALS: MOOSE, BEAR, LYNX ETC.
-S OME HIBERNATE
-SOME MIGRATE
-SOME STAY YEAR ROUND
FOUND IN EUROPE, ASIA, NORTH AMERICA
CONIFEROUS FOREST
-INTERIOR PORTIONS OF MANY CONTINENTS
-VAST AREAS OF GRASS AND SMALL PLANTS
-MOST RAIN FALLS IN ONE SEASON
-PLAINS/PRAIRIES OF NORTH AMERICA
-STEPPES OF RUSSIA
-VELDT OF SOUTH AFRICA
-PAMPAS OF ARGENTINA
MIDWEST U.S. GRASSLANDS:
-HOT SUMMERS
-COLD WINTERS
TROPICAL GRASSLANDS:
-LITTLE TEMPERATURE CHANGE
-SEASONS CHANGE FROM DRY TO WET
-CALLED SAVANNAS
DON’T UNDERGO SUCCESSION
-GRAZING KEEPS PLANTS SMALL
RICH SOIL PROMOTES FARMING OF WHEAT, CORN ETC.
AMERICAN
GRASSLAND
(PRARIE)
AFRICAN SAVANNA
-YEAR-ROUND WARM TEMPERATURES
-YEAR-ROUND RAINFALL, 200-400 CM/YEAR
-SO. AMERICA, S.E. ASIA, AFRICA, CENTRAL AMERICA
-HOME TO MANY PLANT/ANIMAL SPECIES
-VERY TALL TREES (CANOPY)
-LUSH UNDERGROWTH
-VARIED ANIMAL LIFE
-ABUNDANT INSECTS
-MANY PLANTS/ANIMALS PRODUCE CHEMICALS
THAT MY BE USEFUL
-BEING RAPIDLY DESTROYED
-AT PRESENT RATE, GONE BY END OF CENTURY
-MANY SPECIES WILL BE LOST WITHOUT HAVING
BEEN STUDIED
-LESS THAN 25 CM RAINFALL PER YEAR
-HOME FOR LIZARDS, INSECTS, SCORPIONS,
SPIDERS, SNAKES AND BIRDS
-PLANTS SOAK WATER UP QUICKLY
-GROW/REPRODUCE QUICKLY
-REMAIN DORMANT UNTIL NEXT RAIN
-TYPE OF DESERT IS DETERMINED BY AMOUNT AND
REGULARITY OF RAINFALL
-IF IRRIGATED, CAN BE GOOD FARMLAND
SARAHA
AMERICAN
DESERT
HIGH (COLD) DESERT
-FOUND AT COLDEST EXTREMES
-SURROUND NORTH/SOUTH POLES
-LITTLE PRECIPITATION, ABUNDANT ICE
-FRESH WATER SCARCE
-LITTLE SUMMER SUN
ARCTIC
 ICE CAP OVER ARCTIC OCEAN
 OCEAN HEAT KEEPS ICE AT 5-30 METERS THICK
 SUMMER: SOME ICE MELTS = SCATTERED SOIL
PATCHES
 100+ FLOWERING SPECIES, MOSSES, LICHENS
 ANIMALS: GULLS, WALRUSES, POLAR BEAR, SEALS
ARCTIC
ANTARCTIC
 ICE CAP OVER LARGE LAND MASS
 ICE CAP NOT WARMED BY OCEAN
 FEW LICHENS, MOSSES ALONG COAST
 3 TYPES OF FLOWERING PLANTS
 ONLY BACTERIA, SMALL INSECTS INHABIT
INTERIOR
 NEAR COAST:: SEALS, WHALES, PENGUINS
ANTARCTIC