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* Tundra
* Coniferous/Boreal Forest(Taiga)
* Deciduous Forest
* Tropical Rain Forest
* Grassland/Savannah
* Desert
• Where is the tundra?
• Around the North Pole and near the Arctic Ocean
• Climate (weather)• Very cold and dry
• Temperature: less than -5°C
• Only has 25 centimeters or less of rain every year
• What the land looks like• Permafrost: the dirt that is always frozen (even in the
spring and summer)
• Comes from Russian word meaning “treeless”
• Plants
• Fungi and algae
• They cover the rocks and ground
• Animals
wolf
ermine
caribou duck lemming
marmot
musk ox
polar bear sandy hill crane snowy owl
• Climate
• Cold and snowy
• What the land looks like
• In the winter:
• Ground is frozen
• In the spring:
• Taiga: swampy forest
• Snow melts and the ground becomes wet and swampy because the deeper ground is frozen
• Conifer trees (have cones)
• Have needles covered with wax
• Wax protects the needles from freezing
cone
needles
Kinds of conifer trees
pine
firspruce
• Climate
• Summers are warm
• Winters are cold
• Gets 75 centimeters of rain every year (that’s over 2 feet of rain!)
• What is special about deciduous trees?• The leaves change colors and fall off the trees in autumn and grow new leaves in the spring
• The leaves on the ground make the dirt better and help plants grow.
Deciduous forests are between northeastern United States and Canada. Some are in the eastern United
States. Others grow in Europe and eastern Asia.
• Climate
• Rains almost everyday
• Gets almost 10 feet of rain every year.
• Very hot all year long
Decatur
The largest tropical rainforest is in South America. It is called the Amazon rain forest. They are also
found in central Africa, Central America, Southeast Asia, Hawaii, and a small area of Australia.
• There are _____ kinds of grasslands.two• Temperate grasslands: called prairies
• Tropical grasslands: called savannas• Climate
• All grasslands get between 25 and 75 centimeters of rain every year.
Coniferous forest
The largest grassland is in Africa. There are also grasslands in North America, South America, central Asia, and northern Australia.
• Some are found in the United States
• Texas has the LBJ grasslands.
• Land is usually flat
• Not a lot of trees
• The most important plant is __________.grass
• Largest savannas are found in Africa
• There are only a few trees on the savanna
• Why don’t a lot of trees grow?
• Savanna does not get a lot of rain
• People set the grass on fire to stop trees from growing• Animals eat the trees before they can start growing tall
African elephant
Black Rhinoceros
Cheetah Giraffe
Hippopotamus Hyena Lions
Ostrich
Warthog
Wild Dog
Zebra
There are __________ kinds of deserts.two
• Hot deserts and cold deserts
Sahara Desert Gobi Desert
hot desert cold desert
* Climate
* gets less than 25 centimeters of rain every year
* hot during the day and cool at night
* Climate
* gets less than 25 centimeters of rain every year
* cold all of the time
* can live there because the roots are close to the top of the ground and can get the water quickly.
Cactus Aloe
Barrel Cactus
Prickly Pear Cactus
* The marine biome is the _________________ biome.ocean
* covers about 70% of the Earth
* has salt water
* Organisms that live in the ocean are able to live in the salt water.
* sunlight, water pressure, and water movement affect the organisms too• because of these things, the ocean is divided into
different areas
• different organisms live in each area
* The water that is very deep has cold temperatures, high pressures, and is very dark
• Many of the plants live near the top of the water
• they need the sunlight to help them grow and make food
• Most marine organisms live near the top of the water or close to land
• Many animals dig down into the sand or hang on to rocks, so they do not get lost in the sea
• Other larger animals live where the water is deep
barracuda star fish clown fish crab
flashlight fish green sea turtle
killer whale shrimp
* Includes still water and moving water
* Examples of still water * Examples of moving water
* lakes and ponds * rivers and streams
* Freshwater means it does not have _______________ in itsalt
* Many of the plants that live in freshwater have strong roots to keep them in one place.
* Some plants grow around the edge of the lake or float on the top of the water
cattail water lily
* There are __________ land biomes: 6
____________________ ____________________
____________________ ____________________
____________________ ____________________
Tundra
Coniferous Forest
Deciduous Forest
Tropical Rain Forest
Grassland
Desert
* There are __________ water biomes: 2
____________________ ____________________Marine Freshwater