My Biome Sheet!
Temperate
Deciduous Forest:
3 plant examples:
The ginkgo leaf tree:
The ginkgo leaf tree is good with tolerating heat drought, and poor soil. The good kinds of soil that it can
be growing in are acidic, alkaline, drought tolerant, loamy, moist, rich, sandy, silty loam, well drained, wet,
wide range, clay soils.
The primrose plant:
the Primrose plant is full sun light and a daily water is healthy for the plant and its growth. The type of soil
it is most comfortable with is damp clayey soil.
Lady fern:
The Lady fern grows in deciduous moist woods, moist meadows, , and along streams, from lowland to
mid-elevation.
animal examples:
the European Red Squirrel:They have strong teeth made to open pinecones and seeds.They have four
toes on each foot with long, sharp claws to help it grab bark when climbing trees
Climate:
There was climate on their page, but it was on a document that I couldn’t open.
Some human influences are:
I couldn’t find any human influences on this groups page.
Location:
This type of forest is in the east side of the USA,
and found a bit in south america, down south at
the tip of the continenet. It is also found in a big
part of Europe, and in Japan and on the east side
of Asia. Michigan is completely deciduous forest.
Tundra:
3 plant examples:
Cotton grass:
Cotton grass survives the winder months as bulbs that grow below the ground.
Moss:
I didn’t find much information on certain plants on this persons page.
3 animal examples:
Wolvirine
Arctic Ground Squirrel:
Snowy Owl:
There was no information on these animals.
Climate:
The Tundra is bleak and treeless because the top layer is completely frozen. The sun is either low in the
sky or just absent from the sky. It is cold every month of the year.
Location:
Most of Tundra biome is 3.3 million square miles is located in the Arctic region of the world,
above the northernmost limit for tree growth.
Desert:
3 plant examples that the botanist for this group wrote are:
Cocklebur:
The leaves have a deeply toothed margin. Some species are also very thorny with long, slender spines at
the leaf bases.
Desert Paintbrush:
It digs in to other plants roots to get there resource.
Tumbleweed:
Brown twigs fallen off of trees, they blow around.
I didn’t find any adaptations on her page.
The most common adaptation is staying in the shade of plants or rocks or by burrowing underground in
the heat of the day. Many desert animals are nocturnal.
3 animal examples that the Zooloigist wrote for this group is:
Camels: Camels are one of the few large mammals to survive in the desert, and have many special
adaptations to help them.
The desert climate is normally dry.
I couldn’t find any human influences on this groups page.
The desert is usually in the southern part of the planet.
Grasslands – Prairies:
3 plant examples:
Switch grass:
This grass needs moist, course, fine, medium soil to grow. It needs lots of sunlight.
Indian grass:
The soil needs to be course, fine, medium, root depth 24.
Big Bluestem: Moist, course, fine, medium, soil depth for roots: 14.
3 animal examples:
Red Fox:
It can make its home in many places. A large part of this animals diet is insects.
Common Raccoon: prefers a diet of fruits, vegetables, worms, bird and mice.
Whitetail Deer:
Deer are some of the only animals in the prairie who can digest grass leaves. The Whitetail Deer makes
the prairie its home.
Climate:
The weather of the prairie is cold in the winter and warm in the summer. The rainfall varies through the
years. Most of the time, there is a dry period in the summer. Every once in a while there is a drought
that lasts about 3 years.
Some human influences are:
People have moved on to the prairie and their homes and cites have taken over the homes of the
animals that live on the prairie.
Human cities and road have also not allowed animals of the prairie to live and move around like they
use to.
Location:
This biome is located approximately 1,000 miles from western Indiana westward to the Rocky Mountains
Grasslands – Savanna:
3 plant examples are:
Baobab:
This tree looks like it was pulled out of the ground and shoved back in with the roots sticking up.
Elephant Grass:
This grass has very small seeds that don't germinate well. Since they can't spread their seeds around, the
grass mainly reproduces through it's rhizomes.
Kangaroo Paw:
The red and green kangaroo paw's adaptations are tiny wooly hairs on its flowers. The little hairs help by
making it taste weird to predators, so they won't eat it.
3 animal examples are:
Zebra:
It has short legs and a large head. The zebra has black and white stripes, a black nose, and black
hooves. An adaptation is since their stripes are so confusing, the predater can’t tell where one zebra
starts and another ends, so it needs to wait a while for it to see where one ends and starts. This gives the
zebras, if they see the animal, a headstart to escape. It also has a short mane.
Black Rhino:
The two horns of the black rhinoceros are made entirely of hardened hair. The horns defend themselves from
predaters. Rhinos can't see very well, and anything farther than 35 feet away from the rhino appears blurry. Black
Rhinos have great sense of hearing. It gathers leaves and woody plants to eat, and needs to drink a lot of fresh water
to survive.
Ostrich:
The Ostrich is known for it's long neck and long legs. With it's long legs, it can run as fast as 45 mph., so
it can escape from predaters fast. A grown Ostrich is usually 9 ft and weighs about 34 pounds.
Climate:
The Savannah has a wet and dry climate. The Köppen climate group is Aw. The A from the Aw stands for
a tropical climate, and the w from the Aw stands for a dry season in the winter. The Savannah’s distinct
climate is a dry season which is in the winter.
Human influences:
Cutting down trees for animals to eat and some animals to live.
Location:
The Africa Savanna consists of low lying hills and rolling grasslands. The African Savanna can be found
between the Sahara Desert and the Kalahari Desert.
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Taiga:
3 plant examples are:
Evergreens:
Evergreens can adapt to taigas because they don't have leaves to lose and regrow in the fall and spring.
Leaves require lots of energy to grow.
Deciduous tree:
Deciduous trees lose their leaves in the winter which helps them save energy throughout the winter until
the growing season.
3 animal examples are:
Artic Fox:
Arctic Fox has a beautiful white coat that helps them discasie from predators. This is also used to follow
predators when they hunt so that the fox can pick up the scrapes of animal.
Wolverine:
The Wolverine an wonder 15 miles just to find a meal because of these requrements the taiga is the
perfect place. Most of there diet is meat but in the summer season they make in excuse for berries and
plants.
Climate:
The climate is mostly cold. The weather is cold for a long time almost half a yearSummer doesn't get very
high in temperature the lowest temperature is 30°·The Taiga biome is very cold so it is not near the
equator.
Human influences:
Taiga is affected human activity and climate change. Animals of the taiga such as foxes or bears have
always been hunted there fluffy fur and skin have helped people survive in freezing climates for
thousands of years.
Location:
The Taiga is the world's largest land biome it makes up 29% of the world's forest cover. largest areas are
located in Russia and Canada you will also find it over various areas of North America and Eurasia.
Tropical Rainforest:
3 plant examples:
Bromeliads:
It needs the sun to stay healthy and get nutrients. It also needs the sun to absorb water.
Epiphytes:
They are plants that live on the surface of other plants, the tree helps these other plants grow.
Cacao:
they have adapted to get shade from other trees. to much sun will hurt them so they need just enough.
3 animal examples:
Toucan:
There beaks are curved and large and to pick up and eat large prey.
Tiger:
an adaption that helps the tiger live in these conditions are its camoflage because it helps them blend in
with the grass.
Macaw:
an adaption that helps the nacaw is its long griping toes. It helps them cling on to branches.
Climate:
Rainforests are classified in the Tropical Wet Climate Group. This means there are mostly wet since they
don’t get much sun from all the trees.
Human Influences:
when farmers run out of room, they cut down trees to clear a good sized space to farm.
it was estimated in 1973 that by the year 2000 about 6.57 billion cubic feet of rainforest trees are to be
cut down.
This part of the planet is usually in the Southern area.