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BIOME SUMMARY CHART (Use pages 100-104 in your textbook to complete the missing sections of the Chart)
BIOME
CLIMATE
PLANT
(Major Flora)
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Temperate Deciduous
Forest
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Northwestern
Coniferous Forest
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Tropical Rain Forest
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needle leaf coniferous
trees (spuce, fir)
broadleaf deciduous
trees (lose leaves)
small, berry-bearing
shrubs
Permafrost (frozen
soil)
strong winds
cold temperatures
low precipitation
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tall trees that form a
canopy
large woody vines
climbing plants
orchids
epiphytic plants
GEOGRAPHIC
DISTRIBUTION
deer
black bears
squirrels
raccoons
songbirds
turkeys
mild, moist air
mild temperatures
abundant precipitation
in fall, winter & spring
cool summers
rocky soil
Boreal Forest
Tundra
coniferous trees
(produce seedbearing cones/needlelike leaves),
flowering shrubs
mosses
ferns
ANIMALS
(Major Fauna)
DIVERSITY OF ANIMALS:
 sloths
 monkeys
 colorful frogs
 birds
 insects
 snakes
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pacific coasts of NW
United States & Canada
(from northern CA to
Alaska)
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North America
Asia
Northern Europe
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Northern North America
Northern Asia
Northern Europe
BIOME
Tropical Savannah
CLIMATE
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PLANT
(Major Flora)
warm temperatures
seasonal rainfall
compact soil
fires often started by
lightening
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Desert
Temperate Grassland
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warm to hot summers
cold winters
seasonal precipitation
fertile soil
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lush grasses & herbs
most resistant to
drought, fire, and
cold
Temperate Woodland
& Shrubland
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semiarid climate
hot/dry summers
cool/moist winters
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woody evergreen
shrubs with small,
leathery leaves
fragrant, oily herbs
that grow in winter
and die in summer
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rainfall is seasonal
warm, wet, & dry
seasons
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Tropical Dry Forest
ANIMALS
(Major Fauna)
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tall deciduous trees
drought tolerant
orchids
lions
bobcats
mule deer
rats
bats
diverse reptiles
burrowing mammals
GEOGRAPHIC
DISTRIBUTION
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eastern Africa
southern Brazil
northern Australia
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Africa
Asia
Middle East
US
Mexico
South America
Australia