Name Joseph Ciemniecki
Biome Basics
Biome
Tropical
Rainforest
Tropical
punch
3 plant
examples
and adaptations
 Bromeliads
 Cacao
 Nepenthes
Adaptations
 Drip
3 animal
examples and
adaptations
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Red bellied
piranha
an adaption that
helps the red bellied
piranha survive is its
sharp razor like
teeth.
Tips
 Buttres
 Tiger
ses
an adaption that
 Bromel
helps the tiger live in
iads
these conditions are
its camouflage that
helps it hide in tall
grass
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Poison dart
frog
an adaption that
helps the dart frog
survive is the small
glands on his foot
that produce a sticky
substances to help
him climb trees
Climate
The weather in
tropical rainforests is
almost always warm
and wet. The mean
temperature for the
year is about 80.5
degrees Fahrenheit.
The temperature
almost never goes
above 93 degrees
Fahrenheit or below
68 degrees
Fahrenheit.
Human
Influences

Farmers
- When
farmers run out of
room, they cut down
trees to clear a good
size 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.
 Mining and
drilling
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- There are many
metals to be found in
the underground of
rain forests globally,
from gold to silvers
to cotton.
Location
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Central and
South
America
Southeast
Asia
Africa
Australia
Name Joseph Ciemniecki
Biome Basics
Temperate
Deciduous
Forest
The biome
globes
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ginkgo
leaf tree
But does not grow
well in hot dry
climates.
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Lady fern
The Lady fern grows
in deciduous moist
woods
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The
Duckbill
Platypus
the Coyote
the Bald
Eagle
White
birch
It can grow 50'-70'
night, and 35' wide
3 Plant
Examples
3 Animal
Examples
As the diagram
indicates, the average
annual temperature
ranges up to about 27°
C (80°F) down to -9° C
(15°F). Precipitation
ranges from around 50
cm yr in the colder
regions to over 200
cm/yr. Averagely
most places tend to
have most of the
precipitation fall in the
spring and early
summer, with late
summer and early fall
being dry. Usually get
rain or snow in the late
fall and winter,
depending on where in
the state you are in or
where you are. In the
Great Lakes region,
the lakes are always
changing the weather.
So really, the climate is
always different, yet
always the same. It's
usually really hot in the
summer, and really
cold in the winter, but
depending on where
you live, that's not
always the case.
Climate
The Main way
deciduous forests
have been affected
by humans is
urbanization,
people moving into
the countryside,
building farms and
other buildings.
South America,
Europe, and in
Japan
Human
Influences
Location
Name Joseph Ciemniecki
Biome Basics
Tundra
Geographic
Geologists
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Arctic poppy
Some plants have cupshaped flowers that face up
to the sun, so the sun's rays
are directed towards the
center of the flower. These
plants stay warmer than the
air around them.
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Lichen
Some plants are dark
colored so they absorb the
sunlight easier. Lichen,
another tundra plant, can
grow on solid rock!
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Cotton grass
Cotton grass survives the
winder months as bulbs that
grow below the ground.
 Wolverine
Carnivore
 Polar bear
Carnivore
 Arctic wolf
Carnivore
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
though in the brief
summer the
temperature is milder.
The sun is out 24
hours a day during the
summer. The Tundra
get at least 6-10 inches
of rain every year,
Including melted snow,
This is less water than
in major deserts!
Under the tundra
there are lots of
mineral resources
such as oil. Humans
have built roads and
oil pipe line across
the tundra.
Tundra is found in
Arctic Tundra,
Alpine Tundra,
Antarctic Tundra
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
Name Joseph Ciemniecki
Biome Basics
Desert
H20 Hippo
Hippies
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wooly Daisy
Drought plants often grow
only about 1/4 before
producing one head.
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Barrel cactus
They also have a special
metabolism which allows
the stomata to stay closed
during daytime when water
loss would be greatest,
opening at night to release
oxygen and absorb carbon
dioxide which is stored as
malate which is then used
in photosynthesis during the
day.
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Tumble
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Earth
worms
The role in the
ecosystem they
significantly modify
the physical,
chemical and
biological properties
of the soil profile.
These modifications
can influence the
habitat and activities
of other organisms
within the soil
ecosystem.
The Brown dead twigs, bowling
down the road or over a field.
Naturally you wonder how
in the world such a plant
manages to survive.
3 Plant Examples
3 Animal
Examples
Description of
weather and climate
including
details on
precipitation
sunshine, humidity,
air pressure,
temperature and
wind speed/velocity.
The desert climate is
normally dry. It is
immensely hot. The
average wind speed
or velocity
for the desert is 11
MPH. The average
temperature
for a desert is around
40° Celsius or 104°
Fahrenheit.
The highest recorded
temperature in a
desert is 134°
in Death Valley a
desert in California.
The lowest
ever for a desert is 128.6° is in the Arctic
Desert.
Climate
Human Influences
in the Desert biome
is they recreation in
an unwise fashion.
Human kill animal
that invade farms
impacts the food
chain that exists in
the desert. Also
humans that are
easily damaged by
roads, mineral
refuse, or oil
contamination that
can come from
industries or mines.
Human
Influences
Hot deserts are all
over the world,
extending into the
USA, South America,
Africa, Europe,
Australia, and Asia.
This area covers
about 1/5 of land on
the world.
Location
Name Joseph Ciemniecki
Biome Basics
Grasslands –
Savanna
The Tortoise
Sloths
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Kangaroo
Paws
The red and green
kangaroo paw's
adaptations are tiny
wooly hairs on its
flowers.
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Elephant
Grass
His grass has very
small seeds that don't
germinate well.
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Baobab
This tree looks like it
was pulled out of the
ground and shoved
back in with the roots
sticking up.
Grasslands –
Prairies
The Dancing
Roberts
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Indian Grass
Soil- Course, fine,
medium, root depth 24,
well- drained soils,
floodplain soils.
Climate- Summer/Fall
Minimum temp- 38
Fahrenheit
Sunlight- Mostly Sun
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Switch grass
Soil- Moderately deep to
deep, somewhat dry to
poorly drained, sandy to
clay loam soils.
Climate- Minimum -43
Sunlight- Sunny
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Little Bluestem
Soil- pH range 5.5 to 8.5,
deep, shallow, sandy,
fine textured and rocky
soils
Climate- Late spring to
early summer
Sunlight- Sunny
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Ostrich
It can run as fast as 45
mph
 African
Elephant
They weigh up to
10,000 pounds and
grow to 12 feet tall
 Zebra
Its height is about 50
in
 African Lions
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A lion's roar can carry
more than five miles.
 Whitetail Deer
Deer are some of the
only animals in the
prairie who can digest
grass leaves.
 Red Fox
A large part of this
animal’s diet is
insects.
 Coyotes
In the 19th century,
they acquired the
nickname "prairie
wolves".
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The Savannah
has a wet and
dry climate
rivers and
streams dry
up as well
Most of the
animals that
live there
migrate and
move
dry months
the plants
usually die
and shrivel up
In the winter,
the
temperature
can reach as
low as -40
degrees
Fahrenheit
In the
summer, the
temperature of
the prairies
can reach as
high as 113
degrees
Fahrenheit
The average
precipitation of
the year is
around 10-30
inches per
year
Human interaction has
also created a decline
in tree growth, due to
timber harvesting and
seed harvesting for
domestic use for
mammals like cows
and goats.
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Bring plants
that are not
local
Making cities
and roads and
not letting the
animals live
like they were
Damming
river to make
lakes
Range of African
Savanna
South America, Africa,
and Asia North
America
Name Joseph Ciemniecki
Biome Basics
3 Plant
Examples
Taiga
TAIGA
THUNDER

BIRCH
Since birches lose
their leaves in the
winter, they can
survive through the
cold winters of the
taiga.
 FERN
Lives in moist dark
areas; like the taiga
floor. Fern needs little
sunlight to live.
 FUNGI
Like other plants, fungi
need dark wet spaces
to live; like the trees of
the taiga.
3 Animal
Examples

White Tailed
Sea Eagle
The open waters are
the main food source
 Brown Bear
Although these
animals are top of the
food chain
 Moose
When the first snows
fall each year, the
caribou turn south and
complete a migration
Climate
The climate is mostly
cold. The weather is
cold for a long time
almost half a year.
Summer 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
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The trees of
the taiga are
cut down for
lumber
Animals of the
taiga such as
foxes or bears
have always
been hunted
Location
North America and
Eurasia and Russia
and Canada.