Arctic Desert EnchantedLearning.com Biomes Calendar Biomes Habitats A calendar to print, color, and read. Taiga = Chaparral Coniferous or Scrub Forests Grassland Tropical Rainforest Pond Oc S Temperate Freshwater Intertidal Coral Antarctic Tundra Cave City Deciduous Savanna Prairie Swamp (Eu Marsh Zone Reef Forest Habitats/Biomes The Earth has many different environments, varying in temperature, moisture, light, and many other factors. Each of these habitats has distinct life forms living in it, forming complex communities of interdependent organisms. A complex community of plants and animals in a region and a climate is called a biome. Some of the biomes on Earth include: Desert - very dry, either hot or cold Tundra - cool, treeless, and dry Chaparral or scrub - coastal area with hot, dry summers and mild, cool, rainy winters Taiga or Coniferous Forest - cool and dry, with coniferous trees Temperate Deciduous Forest - cool and rainy, with deciduous trees Grassland - Windy, partly dry sea of grass with few trees, including tropical savanna, prairie, steppe, pampas, etc. Mountain biomes: there are a lot of different mountainous biomes, from grasslands at low altitudes, taiga (coniferous forests) below the treeline, and alpine (the same as tundra) Temperate Rain Forest - cool and wet Tropical Rain Forest - warm and very wet Land Caves - cool and dark Wetlands - there are many types of wetlands, including swamps, marshes, moors, bogs, fens, sloughs, etc. Freshwater Marsh - a wetland located near creeks, streams, rivers and lakes Temperate ponds Marine (ocean or sea) - including o euphotic (sunlit) zone littoral or intertidal zones coral reef (warm shallow salt-water environments based on coral formations) estuarine biomes (where rivers meet oceans) pelagic biomes (open seas near the surface) o disphotic (twilight) zone midnight (aphotic) zone benthic biomes (bottom) sea trenches sea Caves And many more. Some Land (Terrestrial) Biomes: o Biome Water Temperature Soil Plants Animals poor sparse succulents (like cactus), sage brush sparse insects, arachnids, reptiles and birds (often nocturnal) drought and fire-adapted animals Desert Almost none Chapparal (scrub) dry summer, rainy winter hot summer, cool winter poor shrubs, some woodland (like scrub oak) Tundra dry cold permafrost (frozen soil) lichens and mosses migrating animals conifers many mammals, birds, insects, arachnids, etc. fertile soil deciduous trees many mammals, birds, reptiles, insects, arachnids, etc. many mammals, birds, insects, arachnids, etc. Taiga (coniferous forest) adequate hot or cold cool year-round poor, rocky soil Temperate Deciduous Forest adequate cool season and warm season Grassland wet season, dry season warm to hot (often with a cold season) fertile soil grasses (few or no trees) Tropical rain forest very wet always warm poor, thin soil many plants many animals Swamp very wet warm nutrientrich soil many plants many animals Cave (terrestrial) variable cool (and dark) rocks almost no plants few animals Biome Water Temperature Soil Plants Animals Related Activities: Biome Word Pieces Puzzle In this puzzle, combine pairs of word segments to make biome-related spelling words. Words: cave, desert, grassland, chaparrel, marsh, prairie, rainforest, reef, savanna, swamp, taiga, tundra. Or go to the answers. Biome Report Chart #2 Biome Report Chart #1 In this printable graphic In this printable graphic organizer, the student organizer, the student can organize facts about can organize facts about a biome, including the a biome, including the biome's name, location, biome's name, location, weather, plant and animal weather, plant and life (including animal life, a food chain, adaptations, endangered and general comments. species), a food chain, Or go to a pdf of the soil, and general worksheet. comments. Or go to a pdf of the worksheet. Biome Report Chart #3 Biomes: Write a In this printable graphic Question for Each organizer, the student Answer can organize facts about In this worksheet, the a biome, including the student is given a series biome's name, location, of short answers using weather, plant, biome-related words. For herbivores, carnivores each answer, the student and omnivores (plus writes a short question. adaptations), endangered species, a food chain, soil, and general comments. Or go to a pdf of the worksheet. An Enchanted Learning Web Page Biomes - Habitats Taiga = Chaparral Tropical Coniferous Grassland Pond or Scrub Rainforest Forests Temperate Freshwater Intertidal Co Antarctic Tundra Cave City Deciduous Savanna Prairie Swamp Marsh Zone R Forest Arctic Desert Enchanted Learning® Over 20,000 Web Pages. 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