Savanna & Tundra Biome
Mike, Kelly, and Tina
Savanna Biome
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It occurs in regions that has a distinct wet/dry
climate category.
Dry season in the winter and wet season in the
summer. Subtropical region.
During dry season most plants die and most
animals migrate to find food.
Temp. ranges from 68-86 degrees F
Mainly in low latitudes (between 30°S-30°N)
Savanna Areas
Savanna Areas
Savanna Biome
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Precipitation is 15- 30 inches a year
Human Impact
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Human impact: humans create savannas by
burning the grasslands and cutting down trees
in order to plant crops.
Big game hunting
Poaching animals
Animals
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Animal adaptations: animals have adapted to great
variability in the food supply.
•Africa - aardvark, African elephant, African wild cat, antelopes,
buffalo, Cape hunting dog, caracal, cheetah, eland, gerenuk, giraffe,
gnu, Grant's gazelle, hippopotamus, hyena, impala, jackal, kudu,
leopard, lion,
•Australia - kangaroo, wallaby, pigeon, dove, parrot, finch, wombat
•South America - rodents (like the capybara), rhea, and deer.
•India - Asiatic water buffalo, Asian elephant, Indian rhinoceros, Indian
wolf, tiger, savanna nightjar
•Myanmar-Thailand - Asian elephant, Asiatic Water buffalo, pygmy
hog, tiger
Animal pictures
Plants
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Plant adaptations: many plants have
developed adaptations that allow them to
grow quickly when there is water. When the
water is scares they turn brown to limit water
loss
Type of plants: Baobab tree, sausage tree,
Strangle fig, Wild date palm, Tooth brush tree,
Umbrella tree, Elephant grass, and Bermuda
grass.
Savanna Biomes
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Woodland: trees are spaced rather broadly
apart because of soil moisture during the dry
season is not sufficient to support a full tree
cover.
Thorn-tree-tall-grass: trees are more widely
scattered, and open grassland is more
extensive than in the savanna woodlands
Savanna Woodland
Savanna Thorn-tree-tall-grass
Tundra Biome
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This tundra is the coldest of all biomes
Tree-less plane
Little precipitation (less than 10 in.), poor
nutrients, and poor growing seasons
Gets energy and nutrients from dead or
organic material
Temps cold most of year, maybe short periods
warmer than 0°C (32°F)
Mainly in high latitudes (60° - 80°N) and high
elevations
Tundra Biome
Human Impact
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Increase in Earth temp melts polar ice caps.
Pollution for mining and drilling of oil has
polluted the natural resources. Nickel minds
in Russia are so polluted plants around mine
have died off.
Big game hunting
Plants and Animals
Plants:
 Arctic: low shrubs, sedges, reindeer mosses, liverworts, and
grasses,400 varieties of flowers, and crustose and foliose lichen
 Alpine: tussock grasses, dwarf trees, small-leafed shrubs, and
heaths
Animals
 Arctic: Herbivorous mammals: lemmings, voles, caribou, arctic
hares and squirrels, Carnivorous mammals: arctic foxes, wolves,
and polar bears Migratory birds: ravens, snow buntings, falcons,
loons, ravens, sandpipers, terns, snow birds, and various species
of gulls, Fish: cod, flatfish, salmon, and trout
 Alpine: Mammals: pikas, marmots, mountain goats, sheep, elk,
Birds: grouselike birds, Insects: springtails, beetles, grasshoppers,
butterflies
Animal Pictures
Tundra Biomes
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Arctic: It is located in the areas around the
poles, the growing range is 50-60 days, the
precipitation is 6-10 in., and where there is
permafrost.
Alpine: It is located in the mountains at high
latitudes where trees cannot grow. The
growing season is 180 days in the summer.
Arctic Biome
Alpine Biome
Bibliography
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