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Biome Basics
Biome
Tropical
Rainforest
3 plant examples
and adaptations
3 animal
examples and
adaptations
Some plant examples are Some examples are the
the Bengal Bamboo,
Monkeys, Panthers, and
Jambu, and the Kapok the Margay. The
tree. Special adaptions animals that live in the
are that they grow faster, rainforest have strong
they adapt to salt water, limbs, so they can climb
and some species are
taller trees, escape from
starting to adapt to
predators, and get to
warmer/colder climates. their food source.
Climate
Human Influences
The temperature in the
rainforest is averaged at
about 77 degrees F. The
climate is warm/hot, and
damp/humid. There is
normally, no dry period
in the rainforest, and if
there is, then it dosn’t
last for to long.
Some people are cutting
down lots of the trees in
the rainforest, Which is
killing thousands and
Thousands of species
that we havnt even
discoverd yet. Some
tribes were exterminated
because their sources of
food Were demolished.
Location
There are rainforests in
Africa, Australia,
Central America,
Southern Asia, and the
Amazon.
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Temperate
Deciduous
Forest
Some examples are The
ginkgo leaf tree, The
primrose plant,and the
Lady fern. Some
adaptations include the
plants can live with little
to a lot of shade,
tolerating droughts, and
poor soil.
3 Plant Examples
Some examples are The
Box Turtle, The Eastern
Chipmunk,and The
Duckbill Platypus.
Adaptations include
having strong teeth and
clawed feet.
3 Animal
Examples
The temperature in this
biome is averaged at
about 15-80 degrees F.
The climate is cold and
dry to wet and warm. It
depends on the season,
Summer, Winter, Spring
or Fall.
Influences are destroying This type of forest is in
this biome. Some of
the east side of the USA,
those include
in south America, down
deforestation, logging, south at
urbanization, Bulding the tip of the continent.
farms, Roads, Factorys It is also found in a big
and citys.
part of Europe, Japan
and on the east side of
Asia. also There is some
on the east side of
Australia.
Climate
Human Influences Location
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Biome Basics
Tundra
Some examples are the
Bearberry, Arctic
Willow, and the
Diamond – leaf willow.
Adaptations include
surviving cold weather,
living older in their
environment, and mass
growing.
Lemmings, Polar bears, The average temperature Humans are destroying
and Arctic foxes. An
in this biome ranges
this environment mainly
adaptation these animals from
because of global
have made include being -40 F – 45 F. The actual warming. Humans also
able to live in this biome climate is cold, every
are building and
because of thick coats. month of the year. In the manufacturing more
summer, the temperature things which is also a
gets a tiny bit warmer. cause of the tundra
slowly melting away.
Desert
Barrel Cactus, Mojave Desert Tortoise, Thorny
aster, Ocotillo. An
Devil, Cactus wren. An
adaptation these plants adaptation these animals
have made include
have made include the
surviving in the warmth fact that they have
with very little water.
learned how to get water
They can do this because from plants, particularly
they have learned to
cacti.
absorb all the water they
can get during a heavy
rainfall.
This biome is located at
the top of the world, near
the north pole (the arctic
tundra). The alpine
tundra is located on the
top of some tall
mountains.
The desert is very hot
Some human influences Deserts are actually
and dry. It barely has
that impact this biome found all over the world.
any rainfall, and has
include military
You could be in one and
strong winds sometimes. practices, and running not even know it. A few
Since there is not a lot of underground pipes. This examples of places
rainfall, the humidity is is because if military
include Australia, the
very low as well.
practices test bombs and U.S., Iran, China, and
other equipment, then it Mongolia. There are a
can really hurt this
lot more but those are
biome. Underground
just a few.
pipes are bad because
they can possibly cause a
sinkhole that can end
civilization and other
things.
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Biome Basics
3 Plant Examples
3 Animal
Examples
Climate
Human Influences Location
Grasslands Savanna
Three plants are the
Baobab, manketti
tree,and the elephant
grass. Some special
adaptations include
having sturdy stems,
storing water in their
stems/trunks, and Being
able to rowing in poor
soils.
Animal Examples are the In the winter, this biome Human influences
Masai giraffe, African is normally dry, and
include tree loss, and
elephant, and
colder than usual. Spring tourism. Tree loss is an
thevAfrican
is when the precipitation impact from Lumber
Lions.adaptations these normally starts. The
harvesting. Eco tourism
animals have made
summer is warm and
is making people more
include eating a lot per humid, and the fall is a aware of the fact that
day so they get a lot of violent changing month they are harming their
food AND water, some just like spring, when the environment.
animals have adapted to biome is becoming drier.
have
Longer necks etc. and
eating almost anything if
the animal is hungry.
Different types of
savannas can be found
around the world, but
one of the most
important Savanna’s is
the African Savanna.
The African Savanna is
Located in Africa.
Grasslands Prairies
Big Bluestem, Indian
grass, Koeleria. Many
adaptations
include having growing
points underground so
the plants can survive
fires, having narrow
leaving that don’t let as
much water evaporate,
and brightly colored
flowers that attract
pollinators.
The White tailed
deer,the coyote,and the
red fox. adaptations
include Learning to run
faster to run away from
predators, grazing, and
some animals live
underground.
This biome is found all
over the world. Larger
parts of the prairies can
be located in north
America, South
America, Africa, and
Asia.
The climate in the prairie A human influence that
is Extremely cold in the is affecting the prairie is
winter and fairly warm building roads and
in the summer. Most of buildings. As a result to
the time there is a to
this, the animals don’t
roam free. Long Dry
have the freedom they
season in the summer
used to when there was
(Along with accasional very little human
droughts), and rarely,
habitation.
there can be droughts
that last up to about
thirty years.
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Biome Basics
3 Plant Examples
Taiga
3 Animal
Examples
Black Spruce, Myrica Lynx, Moose, Eagle.
Gale, Siberian Spruce. Some adaptations these
Some Adaptations these animals have made
plants have made include include having thick fur
having protection
coats to survive the
against the cold and
winters and having a
predators, and being able special way of walking
to get snow off so the
ontop of the snow.
weight will not affect the
tree branches.
Climate
Human Influences Location
The Taiga Has Long
Humans use the Taiga The Taiga is located in
Winters, Short summers, biome as a hunting
the northern part of
and even shorter spring’s ground, and For Lumber North America, Europe,
and Fall’s.The lowest
because of its abundance and the middle of Asia.
tempature ever recorded of trees. Humans Are
was -90 Degrees, And also apart of global
there is an ‘average of warming which is
15-30 inches of rainfall causing the Tempature
annually.
and the Climate to be all
wrong.