BIOME Comparison Chart
Name
Leann Ortiz
Monday, March 26, 2012 11:40:03 AM CT
Climate
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Soil type
Plant life
Animal life
Examples
BIOME Comparison Chart
Name
Climate
Very little
precipitation;
Soil type
Plant life
Animal life
Permafrost – frozen No trees.
Warm-blooded
most of year.
animals (birds &
TUNDRA
Slushy when
Small ground plants mammals).
much ice/snow
thawed.
& grasses.
very cold all year
Insects in summer.
Medium rain/snow Poor soil.
Heavy conifer
Mostly warmforests (trees w/
blooded.
CONIFEROUS Long, cold winters Smothered in
needles & cones).
FOREST
needles.
Many migrate or
Short summers
Few small plants hibernate.
4 seasons.
Good soil for
Variety of shrubs Many warm AND
different plants
and trees that lose cold blooded
DECIDUOUS Good rainfall
leaves in Autumn. animals.
FOREST
throughout year.
Some grasses.
Hot summers, cool Soil is ok for
Mostly small plants Warm and cold
winters.
grasses, but often and grasses.
blooded animals.
GRASSLAND
dry.
Not enough rain for
Some scattered
Many are large or
forests.
trees.
fast.
Low humidity – hot Usually rocky or
Mostly scattered. Warm and cold
days, cold nights. sandy.
blooded.
DESERT
Some grasses,
Very little rainfall
shrubs and trees.
Most are small.
Very warm all year Soil is ok—plants
round.
drain nutrients.
TROPICAL RAIN
FOREST
Heavy rainfall.
Leann Ortiz
Monday, March 26, 2012 11:40:03 AM CT
70:cd:60:8b:90:56
Huge variety of
treesshaded
ground.
Big-leaf
groundplants.
Huge variety of
warm and cold
blooded animals.
Examples
(P): Moss, lichen,
grass
(A): Reindeer,
Polar Bear
(P): Pine tree, Fir
tree
(A): Moose, wolf
(P): Oak tree,
Apple tree
(A): Deer, squirrel
(P): Wheat, rye,
corn
(A): zebra, bison,
cheetah
(P): cactus, aloe
(A): scorpion,
jackrabbit
(P): Banana, Palm
(A): Python,
monkey