biomes
TRANSCRIPT
Arctic Tundra
Area frozen
Plants such as:
moss,heath ans linchen, rocky land.
Two main seasons:
Winter very cold and dark with
temperatures from -28 C
to -50C.
Summer covers the
ground melts just enough to let plant
grow.
Animals: Caribou,
musk oxen,arctic hares, artic
foxes, snowy owls, polar bears.
Alpine Tundra
No tres grow
because of the altitude
Animals are: warm-
blooded such as: marmots
(squirrels), mountain
goats, chinchillas
Animals: pikas
(rabbit like animals and kea parrot of
New Zealand
Antarctic
Tundra
It is too cold and dry
It is covered by ice fields
There are some
linches, mosses and liverworts
There are 700
terrestrial and aquatic species of animals
Sea mammmals: seals, sea birds like pinguins,
rabbits and cats
Coniferous forest
Cover the 17 percent of earth´s
land surfaceIt is in the
north of the world
Coniferous fores or
taigaIt is cold
and covered with snow
usually from october to
may.
Tress grow on
mountainsides and they are tall and
narrow
Trees grow close
together for protection from the
wind
Trees produce
sedes called cones
Trees have needles
instead of leaves
Tress do not have fuit or
flowres
Grass grow under the
trees
Coniferous forest Animals
Moose: deer specie can weigh 450 kilograms
Moose have a long face and large muzzle or
nose
Moose. A flap of skin called bell
Moose eat grass
Gray owl
Loons
Siberian tiger
Deciduous
Forest
It has four seasons
Winter is cold the
snow covers the
ground
The trees and plants lose their
leaves
There are insects, spiders,
snails and worms
During the Winter birds migrate to
warmer áreas
Raccoons hibernate spending
the coldest months
sleeping in dens
Snakes and frogs also hibernate
Deciduous
Forest
In spring there are
wild flowres and ferns
The weather
gets warmer
Tall trees grow too
thick
Baby animals are
born
Animals: bears,
White tail deer,
otters, beavers,
foxes, frogs , squirrels
Snakes, salamander
s, birds, eagles,
woodpeckers, robins and blue
jays
Grasslands or Savana
It is Africa, North America, Central
Asia , South America and in the Coasts of Australia.
Plant: Grasses, stolons
Few trees
Weather is hot and sunny in the
summer
Cool in the winter
Thorny tree
Deserts
Cover about one fifth 20
percent of the earth
It is in the Western of
North America, Central
Australia, Coast of South
America, Africa, Arabian
Peninsula, Western Asia.
Plants and animals are
not abundant Temperatures are extreme:
very hot during the
day, very cold at night
Cactus
Lizards
Rodets
Desert birds
Many desert animals are nocturnal
Marine Biome
Oceans cover about
70percent of earthDeep
ocean environment has cold temperatur
es, high water
pressure, and
darkness
Organisms are
adapted to life in saltwater
Phytoplankton
organism that live near the Surface and use
sunlight to produce
food
Estuaries
Marine environment where
one or more
strems flow into an ocean.
Freshwater and
seawater
Marsh grasses
Algae
WormsSnails
Crabs
Oysters
Shrim
Amphibians
birds
Coral Reefs
Warm habitats
in shallow
clear watersCoral
polyps are tiny animals that live
in colonies
Hard corals like: brain coral,
elkhorn coral,
limestone
skeletons
Soft corals
like: sea fingers
Freshwater
Biome
Include still and running waterLakes
and ponds
are still water
Rivers and
streams are
running water
Factors that
affect freshwat
er: tempera
tura, sunlight, oxigenw
ater moveme
nt.
Fast moving stream
or river : strong roots, stems
( tallos)
Cling to rocks
Lilies
Cattails