WOLVESIN BIOMESPresented by Jennifer Lewis

May 1, 2012

Tidrick, Period 6th

WHERE ARE WOLVES LOCATED?

Wolves are highly migratorial creatures because they follow their prey wherever it may go, however wolves are mainly located in grasslands and temperate deciduous forest biomes.

WHERE ARE GRASSLAND AND FOREST BIOMES AT?

Teal is forests and Tan is grasslands.

TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS FORESTS

Latitude: 23 ° north to 38 ° south Located primarily in the eastern half of the

United States, Canada, Europe, parts of Russia, China, and Japan

Average temperature: 75°F (24°C) Precipitation: 2 to 5 feet (0.5-1.5 m) of each

year Humidity: 60% to 80%.

GRASSLANDS

Latitude: 52° north to 31° south Located primarily in central parts of the

United States, Canada, Europe, parts of Russia, China, and south Africa

Temperatures: winter low as -40° F, and in summer high as 70° F

Rainfall: Average 15 – 35 inches per year Humidity: 50% to 60%

FLORA IN THESE BIOMES

Buffalo Grass Common Sagebrush Savanna Blazing

Star Wild Indigo

Oak trees Maple trees Walnut trees Mosses Poison oak and Ivy

Grasslands Deciduous forests

Wild

IndigoPoison

Ivy

FAUNA IN GRASSLANDS

FAUNA IN TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS FORESTS

DECIDUOUS FOREST FOOD WEB

GRASSLAND FOOD WEB

HUMAN IMPACT

We use grasslands for farming and raising the cattle and take up the land of other animals that live there.

We chop down trees for our houses, paper, pencils and skateboards but we destroy the houses of the animals that live in deciduous forests.

Grasslands Deciduous Forest

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THESE BIOMES

The Latin word "Deciduous" means "to fall off“

Has four distinct seasons, winter, spring, summer and fall.

North American forests have five times as many species of trees as the forests of Europe.

The amount of rainfall determines the height of grasses in the grassland.

Go by different names prairie, pampas, steppe, outback,highveld, and campo.

They have some of the world's richest soils.

Deciduous forest Grasslands