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Page 1: Made by Lauren Shepard Biomes are the world’s major communities where insects, animals, plants, and people live in a certain type of climate. The biomes

North American Biomes

Made by Lauren Shepard

Page 2: Made by Lauren Shepard Biomes are the world’s major communities where insects, animals, plants, and people live in a certain type of climate. The biomes

What is a Biome?Biomes are the world’s major communities where insects, animals, plants, and people live in a certain type of climate.The biomes we will be covering in this lesson are:

Desert Deciduous Forest Arctic tundra Tropical Rainforest Grasslands Taiga

Page 3: Made by Lauren Shepard Biomes are the world’s major communities where insects, animals, plants, and people live in a certain type of climate. The biomes

The Desert BiomeCharacteristics:

Hot and dry Desert covers about 1/5 of the Earth’s land surface For the plants to survive they adapt:

Store water for long periods of time Stand the hot weather

Page 4: Made by Lauren Shepard Biomes are the world’s major communities where insects, animals, plants, and people live in a certain type of climate. The biomes

The Desert Biome: Climate

Hottest biome on earth Can be over 100 degrees during the day and below 32 degrees at nightThere is very little rain in the desert but when it does rain, it poursAfter a storm, it may not rain again for weeks or months

Page 5: Made by Lauren Shepard Biomes are the world’s major communities where insects, animals, plants, and people live in a certain type of climate. The biomes

The Desert Biome: Plants

Plants in the desert may have to go without water for over a year!Here some examples of desert plant life:

Chainfruit Cholla Creosote Bush Jumping Cholla Saguaro cactus

Page 6: Made by Lauren Shepard Biomes are the world’s major communities where insects, animals, plants, and people live in a certain type of climate. The biomes

The Desert Biome: Animals

Some animals that live in the Desert include:

Bobcat Cactus Wren Coyote Javelina Thorny Devil

Page 7: Made by Lauren Shepard Biomes are the world’s major communities where insects, animals, plants, and people live in a certain type of climate. The biomes

The Deciduous Forest Biome

Characteristics: 5 different zones

Tree Stratum: trees between 60 and 100 feet high Small tree and sapling: young and short trees Shrub zone Herb zone Ground zone

Page 8: Made by Lauren Shepard Biomes are the world’s major communities where insects, animals, plants, and people live in a certain type of climate. The biomes

The Deciduous Forest Biome: Climate

Has four distinct seasons: Spring, Summer, Autumn, and WinterAlmost all deciduous forests are located by an ocean

The ocean and the wind are two main reasons that the temperate and climate change so much during the year

Page 9: Made by Lauren Shepard Biomes are the world’s major communities where insects, animals, plants, and people live in a certain type of climate. The biomes

The Deciduous Forest Biome: Plants

Some examples of deciduous forest plants are:

American beech Guelder Rose Pecan White Birch

Page 10: Made by Lauren Shepard Biomes are the world’s major communities where insects, animals, plants, and people live in a certain type of climate. The biomes

The Deciduous Forest Biome: Animals

There are a lot of animals that live in the deciduous forest biome but some examples are:

American Bald Eagle Duckbill Platypus Eastern Chipmunk Least Weasel White-tailed Deer

Page 11: Made by Lauren Shepard Biomes are the world’s major communities where insects, animals, plants, and people live in a certain type of climate. The biomes

The Arctic Tundra BiomeCharacteristics of the Arctic Tundra:

Treeless Very cold The ground is permanently frozen There is barely any plant life, but there are animals

Page 12: Made by Lauren Shepard Biomes are the world’s major communities where insects, animals, plants, and people live in a certain type of climate. The biomes

The Arctic Tundra Biome: Climate

Unusually cold and dry climateThe Tundra is cold through all months of the yearThe short summer lasts only 6 to 10 weeks and does not get any warmer than 45-50 degrees

Page 13: Made by Lauren Shepard Biomes are the world’s major communities where insects, animals, plants, and people live in a certain type of climate. The biomes

The Arctic Tundra Biome: Plants

There are few plants that can grow in the arctic tundra, but some that can include:

Arctic Moss Bearberry Pasque Flower Tufted Saxifrage

Page 14: Made by Lauren Shepard Biomes are the world’s major communities where insects, animals, plants, and people live in a certain type of climate. The biomes

The Arctic Tundra Biome: Animals

Animals that live in this biome include: Arctic Fox Caribou Musk Ox Polar Bear

Page 15: Made by Lauren Shepard Biomes are the world’s major communities where insects, animals, plants, and people live in a certain type of climate. The biomes

The Tropical Rainforest Biome

Characteristics: Forest of tall trees The rainforest now covers less than 6% of Earth’s

land Layers

Emergent: trees are 100- 240 feet tall! These trees grow above everything else

Upper canopy The trees are 60-130 feet tall Most of the animals live in this layer

Understory or Lower canopy Trees are about 60 feet tall

The Forest Floor Completely shaded and very few plants

Page 16: Made by Lauren Shepard Biomes are the world’s major communities where insects, animals, plants, and people live in a certain type of climate. The biomes

The Tropical Rainforest Biome: Climate

In the rainforest the climate is: Very humid because of the heavy rainfall Very hot and wet

Page 17: Made by Lauren Shepard Biomes are the world’s major communities where insects, animals, plants, and people live in a certain type of climate. The biomes

The Tropical Rainforest Biome: Plants

Tropical rainforests produce 40% of Earth’s oxygen, some of the plants that live in this biome include:

Bengal Bamboo Coconut tree Kapok Tree Mangrove Forests

Page 18: Made by Lauren Shepard Biomes are the world’s major communities where insects, animals, plants, and people live in a certain type of climate. The biomes

The Tropical Rainforest Biome: Animals

Half of the world’s plants and animals species live in the rainforest! Here are some of the many animals:

Bengal Tiger Chimpanzee Toco Toucan Sumatran Rhinoceros

Page 19: Made by Lauren Shepard Biomes are the world’s major communities where insects, animals, plants, and people live in a certain type of climate. The biomes

The Grassland BiomeCharacteristics

Large rolling fields of grasses, flowers, and herbs Drought and fire percent large forests from growing Grass survives the fire because they grow from the

bottom instead of the top

Page 20: Made by Lauren Shepard Biomes are the world’s major communities where insects, animals, plants, and people live in a certain type of climate. The biomes

The Grassland Biome: Climate

There are many different types of grasslands around the world. But the climate in the United States is:

The temperature is moist and humid The summers are warm and humid but the winters

are not too cold There is constant Wind

Page 21: Made by Lauren Shepard Biomes are the world’s major communities where insects, animals, plants, and people live in a certain type of climate. The biomes

The Grassland Biome: Plants

Some plants that thrive in this biome are: Ironweed Common teasel Dogbane Queen Ann’s Lace

Page 22: Made by Lauren Shepard Biomes are the world’s major communities where insects, animals, plants, and people live in a certain type of climate. The biomes

The Grassland Biome: Animals

Animals that are commonly found in the grassland are:

Red milkweed beetle Bison Przewalski’s horse

Page 23: Made by Lauren Shepard Biomes are the world’s major communities where insects, animals, plants, and people live in a certain type of climate. The biomes

The Taiga BiomeCharacteristics:

Coldness and food shortages make things very difficult

The largest biome in the world Known as the boreal forest

Page 24: Made by Lauren Shepard Biomes are the world’s major communities where insects, animals, plants, and people live in a certain type of climate. The biomes

The Taiga Biome: Climate

The climate in the Taiga is: The winter is freezing cold The temperature range goes from -65 degrees

Fahrenheit all the way to 70 degrees Average rainfall is between 12-33 inches

Page 25: Made by Lauren Shepard Biomes are the world’s major communities where insects, animals, plants, and people live in a certain type of climate. The biomes

The Taiga Biome: Plants

Plants that are able to survive in the taiga include:

Balsam Fir Jack pine White fir White Spruce

Page 26: Made by Lauren Shepard Biomes are the world’s major communities where insects, animals, plants, and people live in a certain type of climate. The biomes

The Taiga Biome: Animals

Most animals in the taiga hibernate in winter or fly south but some stay which is very difficult! Here are some examples of animals that live in the taiga:

Bobcat Long-Eared Owl River Otter Wolverine

Page 27: Made by Lauren Shepard Biomes are the world’s major communities where insects, animals, plants, and people live in a certain type of climate. The biomes

Referenceshttp://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/http://www.kidskonnect.com/subject-index/15-science/62-biomes.html