Name:
BIOME
location
Artic circle
Antartica
rainfall
<10"
Tundra
Taiga
AKA
Coniferous
or Boreal
Forest
Temperate
Forest
Desert
Grasslands
AKA
Savanna,
Steppe, Pampas
or prairie
North America,
Northern Europe,
Northern Asia,
areas of high elevation
North America,
Europe,
Asia,
New Zealand
Tropics of Cancer
and Capricorn
(30 degrees latitude
North and South)
Africa, Australia,
South American,
US Midwest
equatorial
(between 30 north
and 30 south)
Rainforest
South and Central America,
Africa, India, Australia
temperature
range
plant life
animal life
-50 to 50 F
lichens
polar bear
coldest on Earth
mosses
artic fox
PERMAFROST
small shrubs
artic hare
moose
-65 to 70 F
10-30"
big seasonal
differences
Conifers
-22 to 86 F
30-60"
4 distinct
seasons
Deciduous
trees
elk
human impact
pollution from mining and oil industry
migration routes disrupted
global warming
deforestation
acid rain
bears
stream/river disruption from
hydroelectric dams
squirrels
deforestation
deer
acid rain
foxes
invasive species
camels
desertification
roadrunner
pollution (nuclear testing ground)
jackrabbit
global warming
elephants
poaching (illegal hunting)
buffalo
overgrazing
zebras
invasive species
most biologically
diverse. 50% of all
plants and animals
live here.
deforestation
-22 to 140 F
<10"
Cacti
hottest on Earth
10-30"
70-90 F
grasses
broadleaf trees
80-400"
70-85 F
epiphytes
vnes