Land Biomes PPT

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Land Biomes


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Land Biomes

3255.6.2Design a vacation brochure,poster, slide show presentation or

commercial advertisement that extolsthe virtues of a given area andecotourism opportunities that may be

found thereBiome-geographic areas that have

similar climates and ecosystems


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Land Biomes

The 6 most common biomes are:

Tundra

Taiga Temperate Deciduous !orest

Tropical "ain !orest

#rassland Desert


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Land Biomes


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Tundra

!ound in parts of $anada, %las&a, and 'iberia


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Tundra

The Cold Desert

!ound at latitudes

around the (orth )ole

Less than *+ cmprecipitation yearly

ery cold year round -

./0$ in winter1

$old, dry, treeless region


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Tundra

The Land of the

idni!ht "un

2inter lasts 6 to 3months with no

daylight

'ummer is short andcold with *. hours of

sunlight a day


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Tundra#

'oil is poor

)ermafrost

4 Layer of

permanently

fro5en soil


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$lants of the Tundra

"eindeer moss 4 8t9s a lichen7


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Lichens


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Lichen


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True osses


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'mall shrubs and flowers


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#rasses


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%nimals of the Tundra

any animals of the tundra migratethere during the short summer

xamples: Biting insects

'nowy owls

%rctic hares

$aribouus& oxenLemmings


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Biting insects

os;uito Blac&fly
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%nimals of the Tundra 'nowy owl


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%rctic hare


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$aribou 4


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us& oxen


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Lemmings


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Lemmings


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Taiga or $oniferous !orest!ound in parts of $anada, %las&a, and "ussia


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Tai!a or

Coniferous&orest

2orld9s largestland biome

Latitudes

between +/0(and 6/0(


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Tai!a#

2armer and

wetter than the

Tundra 2inters are long

and cold

>+ to ./ cm ofprecipitation yearly

mostly snow1


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$lants of the Tai!a

!ir tree


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$lants of the Tai!a

'pruce tree


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$lants of the Tai!a

Liverwort a moss1


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$lants of the Tai!a

osses


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%nimals of the Tai!a

any animals live in the Taiga?

xamples:

oose Blac& Bear

Lynx 2olves

Badgers2olverines

rminesDeer


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oose


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Blac& bear


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Lynx


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2olf


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Badger


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Temperate Deciduous !orest!ound in urope, the eastern part of the

A?'?%?, and $hina


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Tem'erate

Deciduous

&orest

!ound below

+/0( latitude + to C+/ cm

precipitationyearly


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Tem'erate

Deciduous

&orest

2ide range of

temperatureswith . seasons

Below free5ing

in winter to>/0$ in summer


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Tem'erate

Deciduous

&orest

'oil is rich innutrients from

layers of

decomposingleaves


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Tem'erate

Deciduous

&orest

Layers of

vegetation4 $anopy

4 Anderstory4 !orest floor


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Layers of egetation

$anopy-tree tops that shade theground below

Anderstory-shrub layer

!orest floor- dar& and moist layer ofdead leaves, twigs, and seeds


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Layers of egetation

$anopy


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Layers of egetation

Anderstory


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Layers of egetation

!orest floor


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Life in the Tem'erate Deciduous &orest

The mild climate and rich soil ofthe tem'erate deciduous forest

su''orts a (ide variet) of 'lantand animal life.

$l t f th T t


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$lants of the Tem'erateDeciduous &orest

)lant life is abundant?

xamples:

a& trees

@ic&ory trees

aple trees

'hrubs

2ildflowers

!erns

$l t f th T t


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$lants of the Tem'erateDeciduous &orest

a& tree

$l f h T D id


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$lants of the Tem'erate Deciduous

&orest

@ic&ory tree

$l f h T D id


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&orest

aple tree

$l t f th T t D id


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&orest

'hrubs %5alea1

$l t f th T t D id


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&orest

'hrubs @olly1


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$l t f th T t D id


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&orest

2ildflowers

$l t f th T t D id


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&orest

!erns

% i l f th T t


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%nimals of the Tem'erate

Deciduous &orest

%nimal life is diverse?

xamples:

Deer

!oxes

'na&es

Bears

Birds

"accoons

%mphibians

'mall mammals



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%nimals of the Tem'erateDeciduous &orest

Deer

%nim l f th T m' t


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Deciduous &orest

!ox

%nim ls f th T m' r t


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Deciduous &orest

'na&es astern #arter 'na&e1



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Deciduous &orest

'na&es $opperhead1



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Deciduous &orest

Blac& bear



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Deciduous &orest

Birds Bald agle1



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Deciduous &orest

Birds

Barn wl1



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Deciduous &orest

Birds

2oodpec&er $ardinal



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Deciduous &orest

"accoon



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Deciduous &orest

%mphibians2ood frog Leopard !rog



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Deciduous &orest

%mphibians

"'otted "alamander *efferson "alamander


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Tro'ical +ain &orest


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Tro'ical +ain &orest!ound near the e;uator in %frica, 'outh

%merica, %ustralia, and the )acific 8slands


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Tro'ical +ain

&orest

!ound near the

e;uator

*// to **+ cm

precipitationyearly


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Tro'ical +ain

&orest

@ot and humid all

year

Temperatures

are fairlyconstant around

*+0$


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Tro'ical +ain

&orest

'oil is nutrient

poor and acidic

ost plants have

shallow roots


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Life in the Tro'ical +ain &orest

The tropical rain forest is a lush,productive ecosystem containing

more than half of all the speciesthat live on arth?

$lants of the Tro'ical +ain &orest


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% rain forest may contain more than

// species of trees and over C///species of flowering plants?

xamples:

ahogany trees

Bromeliads and orchids

#iant ferns

any flowering plants



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ahogany tree

(otice how theroots rise abovethe ground to

help support thisgiant tree7



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Bromeliads



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rchids



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#iant ferns


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%nimals of the Tro'ical +ain &orest


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The rain forest is home to a hugenumber of animals?

xamples:

on&eys

xotic birds

'na&es

'loths

Bats

8nsects

Large cats

xotic mammals



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on&eys



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xotic birds

Toucan )arrots



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%nimals of the Tro'ical +ain &orestxotic birds

$oc&atoo @ummingbird



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'na&es %naconda1



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%nimals of the Tro'ical +ain &orest'na&es

%lbino Ball )ython #reen amba



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'loths



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%nimals of the ro'ical +ain &orest

Bat !ruit bat1



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n ma s of th ro' ca a n &or st

8nsects

Butterfly Beetle



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m f ' &

Large $ats Eaguar1


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'

Large $at celot1



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'

xotic mammals

)aca )eccary



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'

xotic mammals

%gouti (utria


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,rassland


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,rassland#rasslands are &nown by many names?

A?'?%? 4 )rairie or )lains

%sia 4 'teppe

'outh %merica 4 )ampas

%frica 4eldt or 'avanna%ustralia - 'avanna

,rassland


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2et seasonsfollowed by aseason of

drought

*+ to + cm

precipitationyearly

,rassland


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The soil is rich

and fertile?

The grass has

extensive root

systems, calledsod?


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$lants of the ,rassland


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2heat



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"ye



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Barley



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$orn


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%nimals of the ,rassland

The most noticeable animals in

!rassland ecos)stems are usuall)!ra-in! mammals.

%nimals of the %merican ,rassland


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Bison



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)rairie Dog



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)ronghorn



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$oyote

%nimals of the %frican ,rassland


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#a5elle



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2ildebeest



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Lion



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lephant



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#iraffe


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%nimals of the %ustralian ,rassland


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Long (osed Bandicoot



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2allaby



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2ombat

Desert! d ti t


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!ound on every continent?

The driest biome on arth

Desert


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/treme

tem'eratures#

0er) hot durin!the da) and cool

at ni!ht

Desert


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0er) little

rainfall

Less than

25 cm

'reci'itation)earl)

Desert


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The soil ran!es

from !ravel to

sand.

"oil is nutrient

'oor.

$lants of the Desert


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Desert 'lants have evolved ada'tations

to hel' them survive in the e/tremetem'eratures and dr)ness of this biome.

xamples:

$actus

es;uiteEoshua trees

2ildflowers

$reosote


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Eoshua tree



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2ildflowers



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$reosote

%nimals of the Desert


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The animals of the desert are

adapted to the hot temperatures?

xamples:

Li5ards

$amels

'na&es

'corpions

Fangaroo rat

#ila onster

)redatory birds

Tarantula



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Li5ards

Desert 8guana !rilled Li5ard



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$amel



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'na&es

Diamondbac1 +attlesna1e "ide(inder



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'corpion


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)redatory birds

#reat @orned wl Festrel



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Tarantula

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