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Title: Terrestrial Biomes


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Terrestrial Biomes
  • http//www.act2online.org/projects/biomes/biomes.h
    tm
  • http//waynesword.palomar.edu/biomes.htm
  • http//www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/
    biomes.html

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Tropical Rain Forest
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Tropical Rain Forest
  • Warm,
  • Wet,
  • Layered
  • High Abundance Diversity

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Cutting the Rainforest
  • 80 acres a minute

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And in just 2-3 years. . .
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Tropical Savanna
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Tropical Savannah
  • Wet and Dry Seasons
  • Scattered trees
  • Warm
  • GRASS

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Tropical Savanna
  • Herds of grazing animals
  • Predators
  • Think Lion King

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Temperate Grasslands Prairie
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Temperate Grasslands
  • 4 seasons
  • Limited rainfall
  • Occasional trees

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Temperate Deciduous Forest
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Temperate Deciduous Forest
  • 4 seasons
  • Leaves
  • Moderate
  • Rainfall
  • Temps.
  • Diversity
  • Mammals
  • Birds

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Taiga Cold Coniferous Forests
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Taiga Cold Coniferous Forest
  • Wet Spruce, Pine, Fir
  • Cold Large Mammals

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Arctic Tundra
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Arctic Tundra
  • Dry
  • Cold
  • Permafrost
  • High abundance
  • Low diversity
  • Fragile
  • Small plants

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Deserts
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Deserts
  • Low rainfall lt10 in Adaptations for dryness
  • Daily temp extremes
  • Low abundance
  • Low diversity

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Major Terrestrial Biomes
  • http//www.act2online.org/projects/biomes/biomes.h
    tm
  • http//waynesword.palomar.edu/biomes.htm
  • http//www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/
    biomes.html
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